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Chariset
Since: Jan, 2001
2011-08-20 13:00:58
We don't have an exact match.
Stylistic Suck is when it's a deliberate attempt at bad writing.
IKEA Erotica is an unsexily-written sex scene (may be deliberate but usually isn't)
Said Bookism is where the author seems desperate to avoid the word 'said' and chooses longer words, usually at the expense of clarity (shouted, exploded, uttered, remarked, opined, ejaculated...)
AmyJade
Since: Jan, 2001

What's it called when a piece of writing uses something that would commonly be a noun/adjective as a verb? Calvin And Hobbes has a strip about it where Calvin says "I like to verb nouns" and explains the meaning of it to Hobbes; it also shows up in Light And Dark The Adventures Of Dark Yagami ("Light evilled", "she is at home with Mia lesbianing", "all sexing"). The first example uses it for humor, and though the second example is probably a Troll Fic, it comes off at first as simple misuse.