Verbing: Nouns No Longer

I recently posted about mom-ing being harder than dad-ing. In our culture today, adulting is a hot word, used in place of "being an adult" or "doing adult things." It seems nowadays, any old word can be turned into a verb.

I think this has happened in the past without us realizing it. Here are a few nouns that are already accepted verbs:

• table
• egg
• chair
• toilet paper

As a child, I remember the reprimand of "That's not a word!" when someone said "ain't" or other similar colloquialism. We used to be able to play Scrabble and check the dictionary to challenge someone's made-up word. Well, not anymore. Everything is in the dictionary these days!

It's really interesting how language changes with the times. One person can say something new on the internet, and a round of viral sharing later, Webster is adding words to the dictionary. My son said "hugenormous" one day and I'm going to try to get that to catch on.

As I write this post, adulting is not a word on Webster.com, but is on their "words we're watching" list. I'm sure it will make the cut soon.

What words have you heard turned into verbs? Please comment and share!