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 little beauty appeared in the God-awful Scotsman newspaper recently:
Apart from the gorgeous spelling errors, I enjoyed the sentence beginning ‘Clothes, shoes…’ The way the list suddenly recommences, seemingly apropos of nothing, is excellent: it’s like when a newsreader is told to keep ad-libbing because the tape of the next story isn’t ready yet.
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