Quote Originally Posted by CathyBogart
Once I was having a conversation about grammar and word usage iwh a co-worker, and a customer chimed in to tell us that his boss had once said "verticalization" because he was too embarassed to use the word "erection" in reference to the construction of a building. 0_0
I think that's a new trend - turning nouns into verbs; i.e., having a conversation becomes "conversate" and the like drives me batty!