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• n  the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• n  a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

• Verbs in English come in two flavors.
• And it has achieved the holy grail by becoming a verb that defines a category, a la Xerox in the 1970s and FedEx in the '90s.
• The same process triggered the Smurf language, which uses the word "smurf" to replace nouns, verbs, and everything in between, with predicable confusion: "I feel like smurfing you .

News & Articles

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• Commentary: A veteran journalist restates the vows
  Afflicted by the stain of printer's ink, I bridge noun and active-voice verb as a lifelong addiction. No heavy lifting, sweating or any other form of nine-to-five toil.
  June 11, 2013 - The Alexandria Town Talk
• Giuliani Criticized for Trying to Share 9/11 Credit With Lhota
  In a new ad Rudy Giuliani generously tries to share his "a noun, a verb, and 9/11" presidential campaign strategy with Joe Lhota, but the plan might already be backfiring.
  June 6, 2013 - New York Magazine
• FDA Avandia Panel: A Twitter-Based Review
  An FDA advisory panel is currently meeting to analyst a re-analysis of a clinical trial of the GlaxoSmithKline drug Avandia. For a summary of why this is important, read my piece from last night. This is a summary of what happened, culled from my tweets and those of others. #FDA's Parks says RECORD like verb, such as "Remember to recórd the show, rather than noun: I'll keep a récord of that ...
  June 5, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Rudy Giuliani in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  His crack at the pick-on-Hillary debate that Rudy Giuliani spoke in brief sentences was a classic --"a noun, a verb and 9/11."
• Joe Biden in Guardian Unlimited
  Giuliani's entire message is "a noun, a verb and 9/11," Biden said, but that he had "done nothing" to implement anti-terrorism recommendations by the 9/11 Commission.
• Martin Luther King in Saipan Tribune
  Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: "Everybody can be great...... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul...