Mocking Poor Grammar
Since 2007
A noun that is formed from a verb and which describes an action. In English it ends in -ing, eg 'the baking of bread' and 'Smoking damages your health'.
This is a couple of months old now. I had intended to post this in October but… well I just forgot.
The background story is as follows. A man orders a cake for his departing colleague. Over the phone he requests that the message should read: "Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that, "We will miss you". The cake shop proprietor not only included the instruction but misspelt it.
On the bright side, that’s a bit of extra icing for free.
Credit to Sharon – or more specifically her facebook group.
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