Editing Conversion (word formation) (section)

==Humor==
Verbification is sometimes used to create [[nonce words]] or joking words. Often, simple conversion is involved, as with formations like ''beer'', as in ''beer me'' ("give me a beer") and ''eye'', as in ''eye it'' ("look at it").{{clarification needed|reason = "Eye it" is neither a joke nor a nonce usage|date=June 2022}} Sometimes, a verbified form can occur with a prepositional particle, e.g., ''sex'' as in ''sex it up'' ("make it sexier").

A ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip dealing with this phenomenon concluded with the statement that "Verbing weirds language",<ref>Watterson, Bill (1993). [http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 Calvin and Hobbes January 25, 1993]. "Calvin and Hobbes".</ref> demonstrating the verbing of both ''verb'' and ''weird''. (The former appears in its use as a [[gerund]].)