Verbing weirds language!

[vettecat]

And so does gerunding... We got a postcard at the store today promoting a new variant in a line of unusual greeting cards. We have carried them previously; they're very eye-catching, but they've always been blank inside. The company is promoting the fact that they're now available with pre-printed text. The headline on the postcard, in big cheerful lettering, was: "Introducing [name of product] with Versing Inside!" Versing??? Ouch! I'd ask how that got approved, but I probably don't want to know...

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[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

http://www.answers.com/versing&r=67
seems to say that this a normal and accepted term...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Huh. Interesting. I've never seen it used that way before (as a noun, rather than a verb), but maybe they're not as crazy as I thought.