The Language Of Logan
The Language Of Logan
Oct 08Here at the Alert Nerd Sanitarium For People With English Degrees Institute for Language Studies, we like to stay on the cutting edge of the vernacular, such that we noun verbs, verb nouns and bandy about portmanteau words like ‘friendlationship’ with frightening* frequency.
Why? So that, on occasion, we can give you features like this, in which we will conjugate a pair of verbs that are sure to work their way into your geek vocab.
To Wolver
(To be the best there is at what one does**)
Rel. Wolverine – One who wolvers.
Present Tense:
I wolver
You wolver
He/She/It wolvers
We wolver
You wolver
They wolver
Preterite Tense:
I wolvered
You wolvered
He/She/It wolvered
We Wolvered
You wolvered
They wolvered
Participle – Wolvering (ex. future perfect participle – I/You/She/We/They will have been wolvering).
To Snikt (Irregular)
(1. To “pop one’s claws.” 2. To totally stab some guy.)
Present Tense:
I snikt
You snikt
He/She/It snikts
We snakt
You snikt
They snakt
Preterite Tense:
I snukt
You snukt
He/She/It snukt
We snukt
You snukt
They snukt
Use these words three times today, then they’re yours forever.
*to the layperson
** esp. if what one does is not very nice
Really, we should do a whole series of these. That would be pretty Marvel Girl.
Did we ever decide if “Marvel Girl” meant “awesome” or “hot to trot”? Because there may or not be an essential difference here.
I love how the whole verb to Wolver thing is just for the sake of getting to that participle.
I think the surface meaning is “awesome” or “like yourself” and the “hot to trot” part depends on how you you want to interpret Cyclops’, um, tone. Maybe I should scan this panel so we can figure it out together.
I also want to verb “Summers.”