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Originally Posted by Celsus
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Originally Posted by lisarea
And I'm not really getting the preposition to verb thing still. 'Out' makes sense, but that way predates the 90s, and I can't think of any other ones like it.
I can think of lots of examples of words that can be used as a preposition or a verb particle, but none of an actual preposition being used as a verb.
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In a few slangs and pidgins, it's quite common for people to say "Can you on the lights?" - basically what was initially 'turn on' was shortened to 'on' so that the preposition functions as a verb. |
I have this Jamaican song from the mid 60s where they are talking about 'out the lights', so it is/was used there.