Talk:lawnmow

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RFV discussion: September 2018

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The inflections may be justifiable by other means (lawnmowing = lawn + mowing, NOUN, the mowing of a lawn; and lawnmowed perhaps a confused back-formation from lawn-mower or something); I can't see much/anything of this supposed infinitive. Equinox 03:13, 4 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

I didn't find the bare/infinitive form, but did find attestation for other forms of the verb. DCDuring (talk) 17:54, 4 September 2018 (UTC)Reply
There was a discussion on Language Log or on the American Dialect Society list about this process of verb formation. It's not unusual. DCDuring (talk) 17:56, 4 September 2018 (UTC)Reply
Have added a citation for infinitive form.-Sonofcawdrey (talk) 06:48, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Reply
That's a Google Group, not a Usenet group AFAICT. It looks like it is a Usenet group. DCDuring (talk) 10:25, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 19:51, 12 September 2018 (UTC)Reply