verbdom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From verb +‎ -dom.

Noun[edit]

verbdom (uncountable)

  1. The realm, state, quality, sphere, or condition of being a verb; verbhood.
    • 2006, Stanley D. Brunn, Wal-Mart World:
      [...] to see their name transformed into a verb synonymous with getting an inexpensive meal quickly, neither do such names become synonymous with any particular social malady. Wal-Mart has not quite reached the lofty status of verbdom.
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