In Which We Science Why Nouns Become Verbs. (Because Language). Shakespeare was also quite the inveterate verber — one among many — because nouns have been verbing their way all over the English language for quite some time.
Kim Kardashian's Nude Instagram and the Linguistic Evolution of 'LOL' Far from its "laughing out loud” origins, the term now suggests irony and ambivalence — and also the mutability of language.