verbify

The process of creating a new verb based on an existing noun. The new verb provides an abbreviated way to describe using the noun.

It is common to verbify "google" to "googled", allowing you to say "I googled it." Instead of "I searched for it using google."

by haileys November 10, 2005

verbify

What happens to a word when someone decides to make a literary change to it, or to slang it. For example, access. Access used to be a noun, and now it's a verb. In factuality, the word verbify would not exist if itself had not happened to itself. Hence, verbify got verbified, or verbed. The present tense (another example, adjective to verb) of the action is always verbify, but the past tense can be either verbified, or tensed into "verbed." However, "verb itself did not get verbed, so you cannot verb a word, but a word can be verbed.

Verbify Examples:

Before: Do you have access to the top secret work?

After: Did you just access the top secret work?

Before: That's a slang word.

After: That word got slanged.

Before: He was extremely tense.

After: He suddenly tensed.

by Mynoduesp Omen September 7, 2010

verbify

to derive a verb from an already existing noun

We don't need to verbify a word like bread.

by The Return of Light Joker March 4, 2012

Interweb Verbification

A broader, more inclusive definition of google it. Interweb verbification is the manner of instructing someone to search a specific word or topic on a website by making the name of the site the active verb of the sentence.

You: I can sell some stuff when I move out.
Friend: Craigslist that junk!

You: I'm not sure what fiduciary means.
Friend: Wikipedia it!

You: How many calories do you think there are in a Big Mac?
Friend: Google it.

You: I'm not sure where exactly the restaurant is.
Friend: Mapquest it.

Interweb verbification will replace words like "look", "search" and "find", among others.

by Dan2015 November 1, 2008

trust, but verify

When your spouse/friend/business associate says they did (or didn't) do it. Accept their word with full faith that they are being honest. Then go through their cell messages to confirm they are true angels.

Origin: Russian proverb, "doveryai no proveryai" (trust, but verify)

So he comes home late from work and doesn't feel hungry.
...So what did you say?
What could I do? Said, "Okay Honey" then checked his messages after he went to sleep.

...Do you think?
Naw, I mean, naw. Trust, but verify ensures a happy relationship.

by WtU April 13, 2014

vertify

the incorrect way of saying verify.

Ty: so you're telling me, after all these years, vertify isn't how it's pronounce?

by neopreo May 31, 2016

Flush But Verify

Flush But Verify

These new water-saving toilets are great, but after taking a massive dump, it's always a good idea to flush but verify.

by Justin Thyme Turd July 4, 2018