On: "Urban whore" train wrecks Scientific American's holiday weekend

[exizt]

This is the strangest title I've seen in a while. Was there an "Urban whore" train that wrecked the weekend? Did the "urban whore" train-wreck the weekend? (is train-wreck even a verb?)

[scotty79 → exizt]

In USA everything can be a verb. It's a very active country.

[pfortuny → scotty79]

You only have to USA any noun and it becomes (is USA'd) a verb.

Sorry, could not resist.

[AmVess → scotty79]

A wise man once said, "Verbing weirds language."

I agree.

[simias → scotty79]

Ah, I think I now understand what it's supposed to mean. I think it would have been clearer with a dash: '"Urban whore" train-wrecks Scientific American's holiday weekend.'

[reginaldjcooper → exizt]

Oh it's a verbed noun phrase. I never would have figured that one out without help.

[masklinn → exizt]

> Was there an "Urban whore" train that wrecked the weekend?

Yes.