T-Rex: I am generally a pretty easy-going guy! But guys, there's this one thing really boils my potatoes!
T-Rex: TWEETING.
T-Rex: Okay, I get that you're using Twitter! SUPER. But I really don't get why we need a new verb for that. All "tweeting" means is "posting to Twitter": it's got the same meaning as "post", except THIS verb can only be used in relation to a single corporate website. That's insane! Corporations invent nouns all the time, and I can accept that, but verbs? Really? Is updating Twitter SO DIFFERENT than updating any other website that we need a whole new word for it?
Utahraptor: Man this is old news, Professor Curmudgeonly! You ever seen something escalate?
T-Rex: Sure have!
Utahraptor: OH DAMN "ESCALATE" IS A VERB MADE UP FROM "ESCALATOR", WHICH WAS ITSELF A TRADEMARK! So now you can't escalate. And you also can't zip up your pants. Or go trampolining, rollerblading, or jetskiing. Or tase your enemies.
T-Rex: Man! Friggin' English friggin' lets me down friggin' again!!
T-Rex: Also!
T-Rex: ...I do believe that last sentence let me down as well
