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Title formula: Take the present participle of a transitive verb, and give it an object, usually (but not always) the name of a character. Not to be confused with verbing the noun. Also known as "Gerund ProperNoun", as coined by Kevin Murphy.

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  • Verbing Nouny
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  • Title formula: Take the present participle of a transitive verb, and give it an object, usually (but not always) the name of a character. Not to be confused with verbing the noun. Also known as "Gerund ProperNoun", as coined by Kevin Murphy.
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  • Title formula: Take the present participle of a transitive verb, and give it an object, usually (but not always) the name of a character. Not to be confused with verbing the noun. Also known as "Gerund ProperNoun", as coined by Kevin Murphy. Examples of Verbing Nouny include: * Becoming Jane * Being John Malkovich * Boxing Helena * "Calling America" * "Calling Dr. Love" * Chasing Amy * Chasing Liberty * Consulting Mister Puppet * Crossing Delancey * Deconstructing Harry * Desperately Seeking Susan * Disregarding Joy -- the title suggested by Tina Fey in a recent piece for the New Yorker as the kind of "respectable indie dramedysemble" she could get a "strategically chosen small part" in if she decided to take full advantage of her remaining years of employability as an actress. * Downloading Nancy * Driving Miss Daisy may have been the catalyst for this trope, which reached peak popularity in 1990's Hollywood feature films. * Drowning Mona * Eating Raoul * Educating Rita * Feeling Minnesota * Finding Forrester * House: "Finding Judas" * Finding Nemo * Finding Neverland * Flogging Molly * Forgetting Sarah Marshall * Getting Gotti * Guarding Tess * Hating Alison Ashley * Judging Amy * Keeping Mum (a Double Meaning Title) * Killing Mr. Griffin * Killing Zoe * Kissing Jessica Stein * Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge * Leaving Las Vegas * Loving Annabelle * Loving Jezebel * Making Money (but not Going Postal, Moving Pictures or Interesting Times, thankfully) * Owning Mahowny * Presenting Lily Mars * Raising Arizona * Raising Cain * Raising Hope * Reading Lolita in Tehran * Regarding Henry * Romancing the Stone * Saving Francesca * Saving Grace * Saving Private Ryan * Saving Silverman * Saving Zoe * Serving Sara * Stealing Harvard * Teaching Mrs. Tingle * Waking Ned Devine * Droppin' Plates
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