Since when is ‘lotion’ a verb?

.... or even a verb ....

Action - that has become a cerb.

Indigo8

It reminds me of the Dominic West adverts for Nationwide where he says 'Muffin me".

Oh! That's who he is, I just couldn't remember.

I enjoy those adverts - and I'm with Nationwide 😁

Silverbrooks

Since at least 1777.

Well, I concede defeat!
Though must say that in all my 70 odd years of avid reading of everything from the Famous Five to Middlemarch and cornflakes packets, I’ve never once seen it as a verb!

Oreo

JamesandJon33
And what is the motion, if you lotion with a potion.
The locomotion?😄

I’ve a notion it might be just that!

Indigo8

It reminds me of the Dominic West adverts for Nationwide where he says 'Muffin me".

That ad makes me smile every time. I also fancy Dominic West

JamesandJon33

And what is the motion, if you lotion with a potion.

The locomotion?😄

Aldom

Thank you for the recommendation Pascal. On a daily basis I use CeraVe
but will treat myself to the lavender and geranium for 'going out'.

I tried CeraVe as it’s cheap as chips but it smells unpleasant and is a bit thick to rub in. The Vaseline range is good and only a pound dearer and a larger size.

Thank you for the recommendation Pascal. On a daily basis I use CeraVe
but will treat myself to the lavender and geranium for 'going out'.

To "pencil" or "table" and my pet hate from the world of work "to leverage"

Aldom

kircubbin2000

I don't lotion anything. I think it's one of the biggest cons in the beauty business!

It is very important to moisturise (lotion) one's legs to avoid leg ulcers.
That's medical advice.

Try Faith in Nature lavender and geranium body lotion.. it is absolutely delicious. I lotion arms and legs regularly

kircubbin2000

I don't lotion anything. I think it's one of the biggest cons in the beauty business!

It is very important to moisturise (lotion) one's legs to avoid leg ulcers.
That's medical advice.

Abitbarmy

Gifted. That’s one that I find irritating.

So do I. And I don’t really care if it was used by Shakespeare, or at any time in the last 1,000 years. It’s still an abomination 😆

It reminds me of the Dominic West adverts for Nationwide where he says 'Muffin me".

Gifted. That’s one that I find irritating.

I have a bee in my bonnet about the disappearance of the noun " invitation ", which has been subsumed by the verb "invite".
Pedant, moi?

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Medalled as a verb has also been around for a long time.

OED record its first used by William Thackeray (Vanity Fair) in his Cornhill Magazine in 1860.

A verbal noun?

The one that always annoys me is "Medalling". You win a medal, you don't medal a medal!

I don't lotion anything. I think it's one of the biggest cons in the beauty business!

I like that Google has become a verb.

There are lots of nouns that have become used as verbs in my lifetime.

I am OK with that - it is just language developing ...........

Now unnecessary apostrophes - that's a different thing altogether .......

I've never heard of the verb "to lotion".

Well, blow me down. Like Witzend I always thought it was just a noun that had to be applied. I think I need to tea.

Seemingly, this is causing somewhat of a commotion..........