doctorwho wrote:There are times that we scientists use nouns as verbs in normal speech ("I'll chromatograph that new raw material this afternoon") but we aren't supposed to use terms like that in formal writing ... like that never happens!
Also, there are terms in the scientific vocabulary that require hyphenation to avoid confusion; a good example is
un-ionized (not to be confused with
unionized ... unless the molecules have collective bargaining ...

).
BTW, I sold a ca. 1974 F****r Strat a number of years ago that had plenty of battle scars ... they were one of the reasons I sold it!
+1 from the Lab on the noun conversion. Sometimes it is too clunky otherwise to discuss some things. Marketing folks are worse. Some may tell you that I Band-aided a cut earlier today. Personally, I hate to see any quality instrument go derelict.
Oh, Norm Crosby says "Hi."