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Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 13, 2022

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Is there a name for referring to a person or other living being as a noun referring to a situation that it was involved in? The two examples that come to mind are:

  • "a suicide" as opposed to "a person who committed suicide".

  • "my dog was a rescue" as opposed to "my dog was rescued".

nouning

(ironically 'nouning' is an example of verbing)