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'.
In case you haven’t seen HotForWords on YouTube, here is a sample.
She makes me feel funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.
As is mentioned in the video, nincompoop was voted the UK’s favourite sounding word last year. Runners up included discombobulated, squishy, onomatopoeia and incandescent. Now they’re some words to get hot for.
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