scenes from my office

[electricland]

Officemate, in ironic tones: "Huh. Surprisingly, the dictionary doesn't recognize 'thesaurification' as a real word."

Me: "You amaze me!" *hyena-like laughter*

...followed by some discussion of verbification which is actually nounification of a non-existent verb that had to be verbified from something else. Officemate allows as how maybe he shouldn't be too surprised at the dictionary's intransigence. It's always nice when I get to quote Much Ado About Nothing.

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[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Officemate: Look at me! The world revolves around me and my special "knowledge" of the English language.

*goes and looks for a heavy stick to deal out beating*

[electricland.livejournal.com]

oh no, not like that at all -- my transcription skills are at fault. He knows perfectly well it isn't a word...

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry. I allowed my work environment to colour my perception.

*hides stick behind back and grins sheepishly*