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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

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Treating verbs as ditransitive when they're not
"Can you check me a number?"

"Can you recommend me a hotel?"

No.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:40, 5 replies)
Magical Trevor
"Look at him now, disappearing a cow"
(I helped save b3ta! sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:46, closed)
Exactly
Disappear's not even transitive.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:15, closed)
Ah but
With reference to these examples, when does ditransitivity end and inference begin?
(The Jannie, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 16:47, closed)
I thought it was spelt
intransitive?
(tarbin tarbis, tarbit, tarbamus, tarbimus, tarbant, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 19:27, closed)
Different things
I only know 'cos I googled it!
(The Jannie, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 21:27, closed)

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