I've seen "solution" verbed quite a bit, as in "Let's solution that", but until today I don't remember seeing its complement, the nouning of "solve": "What are the solves?"
Rule 1 of verbing and nouning: It's nearly always older than you think. OED's first citation for "solve" as a noun? 1780.
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@stancarey Eeek!! These usages sound very business-speakish.
Upper management at my company would find them interesting but I might not share…they’d get <s>added to our lexicon</s> lexiconed for sure 😉
I had no idea verbing and nouning went back so far! Everything old really is new again!
@stancarey @Neekerbreeker let's circle back next generation. 🙃
@Neekerbreeker Right now they do, but in a generation or two they might have lost that businessy flavour (if they survive, and if we do).
I almost expected "lexicon" to be listed as a verb in the OED :D (It's not, but "lexiconize" is there, from 1892.) Verbing and nouning are as old as English