Verbonyms

A verbonym is a combination of two things that the Army loves, Action and Acronyms. Sometimes they are referred to as acroverbs, but don't bother looking either one up, as I don't think Mr. Webster is hip to my lingo yet.

Having just undergone a Permanent Change of Station, or "PCSed", I was reminded of verbing acronyms (the irony of the word verb being a noun is not lost on me I assure you), and thought it would be fun to try and come up with some Christian verbonyms.

Here's my list:

NIVed: To reference the same verse as someone else but in a different translations, such as the New International Version. This basically works for any translation, and would be used as follows; "I was using the Message to make a really strong case for predestination when he started NIVing me."

IHGed: A spiritual sign-off abbreviation, In His Grip/Grace, is used to end e-mails or text messages. As in, "My laptop was running out of battery, so I IHGed my e-mail real quick and clicked send before it died." -I got this one from SCL, check out the link for the whole post.

DBed: The devotional Our Daily Bread, put out by the millions through rbc ministries. "I don't have much free time, so I have been DBing it in the mornings."

VBSed: The favorite Christian pastime, Vacation Bible School is essentially a verb. "I could sleep for a week, I have been VBSing it up since June."

SCLed: The mainstay of sarcastic Christian humor, Stuff Christians Like is more than a blog its an action blog, a verblog if I may. "The youth minister SCLed up the whole retreat, it was pretty awesome."

Have some to add to the list? Leave a comment and do your part to increase the acroverbology of this site.