Talk:badge
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These definitions of badge seem to be a bit specific? Would it be better to have the definition of badge (British usage? cf. US - "button") to mean something attached to clothing, and then have "name badge" etc. as specialisms of this?
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Rfv-sense: To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge. Seems to me like a literary use playing on "to barge in". Is it used? Outside of a literary context? DCDuring TALK 13:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- Seems to be badge in and badge out. The construction reminds me of clock in (even though that doesn't involve showing anyone a clock). Equinox ◑ 17:44, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- I wonder if, in English, we ever have de-nounal phrasal verbs that do not have the corresponding bare de-nounal verb itself. IOW, would it make sense to have badge in and badge out without having a corresponding sense of badge. Don't we have some other particle or adverb, like "through", "into", "onto"? DCDuring TALK 20:22, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- I see a similar use of "badge" as a transitive verb: "The policeman badged him and asked him some questions." Perhaps the use in question should be considered an intransitive variation of the same sense. More generality in a definition, especially if it makes the definition shorter, rarely hurts, especially if the specific sense has a good usage example. DCDuring TALK 20:33, 9 September 2010 (UTC)