Talk:turntables

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RFV discussion: July–August 2021[edit]

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RFV of the verb "{{lb|en|neologism}} tables have turned". I don't think this is really a verb (I don't find e.g. turntablesed), I think it may exist only in "how the turntables" or other malapropisms of phrases with "tables have turned". That might be more a matter for RfC, to determine the POS and define it in a way that better captured how it was used, except that it doesn't actually seem to be used in durably-archived media at all. (The Office is archived by libraries, but it's not clear to me that "how the turntables" as spoken in The Office attests a verb turntables as opposed to being the phrase how the turntables a la how the tables have turned.) - -sche (discuss) 07:53, 24 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

I see a few (non-durable) uses on Reddit, in joky meme posts, e.g. Ah the turntables, Oh the turntables, How the turntables??. Evidently not a verb anyhow. Equinox 12:37, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 00:13, 26 August 2021 (UTC)Reply