Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Let's office! Learning to live with strange new verbs. There were also objections to chair (a meeting), and author (an amendment), and partner (with Ginger)—verbs with whiskers on them, if not yet full beards. This seems like lazy peevology. Surely, people who want to complain about nasty new verb uses should be looking for fresher examples? They're out there, if you keep your ears open and your eyes peeled.