Chrysti The Wordsmith: Animal Verbs - 1

Good day verb of yours I'm Christie the wordsmith. What a linguistic attribute unites the following words. Ape Badger dog and hawg. If you thought that these are all names of animals you're only partially right. There is more to the picture here. The AFR mentioned are also commonly used as verbs in American English. You can ape your brother's actions. Badger your parents for a new bike. Dog someone's footsteps or hog the road by hugging the center stripe. Let's take a gander at the stories behind these unique verbs to ape. Someone is to mockingly imitate him. This verb alludes to the uncanny ability of the Apes which include the chimpanzees and gorillas to mimic their human caretakers or perhaps they're spectators at the zoo badgering involves annoying vexing and pestering someone to get what you want. The notion derives from badgering or badger baiting. Once a common European pastime wherein a badger tied to a steak was Haris by dogs until it succumbed. And

dogs in their tenacity are inspiration for the verb to dog meaning to shadow or tag closely along like a dog following its master or pursuing its quarry. And of course to hog something is to take up more than your share of space as if your bodily proportions approximated those of a sizeable pore sign. Next time on Christie the wordsmith goose bug and Doc in their verb costumes. Christy the wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises. A high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry sued web dotcom.