"Pill" is now officially a verb

[kedrys]

As in "hey, did you pill the cat yet?" or "it's time to pill the cat" or "I'm glad we only have one week left of pilling the cat".

Not a sport recommended for the squeamish or those allergic to claws. :P

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Do you use a pet piller?

I couldn't do it without one!

[kedrys]

4. Yes, for the first time. Kitty's taking it pretty well

mostly because he knows he's been feeling better since we started, but also because his meds are to kill his stomatitis, which made his throat swollen and sore and made it difficult for him to eat, swallow, howl...or take pills.

It's definitely a two-person operation, though. :D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Grasp his cheeks gently and apply gentle pressure

He should open his mouth, and you can stick the piller in and pop the pill down. I forget where I learned that trick, but it never fails!

[kedrys]

8. Yeah, the vet showed us how

Fortunately for us, the kitty in question is Imhotep, and he has no teeth. That helps somewhat, but man can that cat thrash! :rofl: He did get much better about it in a couple of days, once he noticed he was feeling better. Very clever cat. :)

[KG]

2. it's been a verb for some time now

pill
n.
A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
Informal. An oral contraceptive. Used with the.
Slang. Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
Something both distasteful and necessary.
Slang. An insipid or ill-natured person.

v. pilled, pil·ling, pills
v. tr.
To dose with pills.
To make into pills.
Slang. To blackball.

v. intr.
To form small balls resembling pills: a sweater that pills.

[billyskank]

3. I used to go out and have a good time pilling

:hide:

[kedrys]

5. LOL

I just never thought of it a "pilling myself"... :rofl:

[supernova]

13. I use the "sweaters pilling" one all the time

:-) And that's when you have to get out the little battery-powered shaver to get the "pills" off.

[kedrys]

19. I've seen those little shavers

but I can't recall sweater fuzz being referred to as "pills". Nifty! :)

[kedrys]

7. I did not know that

I guess I never thought of it in that context until now. :)

[BiggJawn]

9. It's also a synonym for self-abuse

Instead of saying "I'm going to go ram my hands into a barrel of broken lightbulbs" you say "I'm going to go pill the cat now..."

Not THAT kind of "self-abuse"! Getchur mind outta the gutter! :evilgrin:

[kedrys]

12. Oh, you mean "auto-destruct"!

:rofl:

Um, I have a very bad brain. :evilgrin: It's NOT in the gutter though. :rofl: :P

[ComerPerro]

18. When you said "self-abuse", I assumed you meant

the "other" kind of self-abuse.

LOL

[gpandas]

10. all nouns are now potential verbs...

in the american version of the english language. this lazy application of grammar, and subsequent loss of meaning and nuance is one more example of the lack of mental discipline of this society.

[kedrys]

11. True, unfortunately

I noticed that when sometime in the past, "pork" inexplicably became a verb too... :rofl:

[supernova]

14. Probably about the time the Porky's movies became popular

:D

Though I have to disagree here.

Using new words or using old words in new ways is a sign of a thriving language. If we simply keep the original meanings of things, we'd still be speaking Old English.

[kedrys]

17. Actually, it's one of the cool things about English

You can pretty much make it up as you go. Very handy for people who learn English as a second language. :D

[Dastard Stepchild]

15. I've used it this way since I heard it on Sealab 2021...

The Stimutacs episode

Dr. Quinn: Quit being a bitch and pill me up.

[kedrys]

16. ROFL!

I need to watch that show more often! The s.o. freaks every time I pause on that channel when Sealab 2021 is on, for some reason. :rofl:

[Dastard Stepchild]

20. Oh... I love that show :)

So much, in fact, that I just bought all the DVDs. :)

[SoCalDem]

21. Apparently so is "effort"

I keep hearing people who should know better, say "He's going to effort to ..this or that"..

[kedrys]

25. That one just sounds dumb

I don't remember hearing that one, because I don't remember screaming at it :D. What's wrong with "endeavor"? Too many syllables?? :P

Another grammatical pet peeve: using "impacted" when one means "affected".

Plus I live with the Texas Grammar N*zi, so I even have to watch myself at times. :D

[NMMNG]

22. I think it can also be used in reference to sweaters and sweatshirts

As in "this sweater keeps pilling up".

[kedrys]

26. That's what I get for not owning many sweaters,

and almost never wearing them. It makes me clueless about the terminology. :)

[eleny]

23. What a jip - A cat thread with NO kitty pics

Fixing this dilema

[kedrys]

24. My bad

The kitty in question: King Imhotep