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[IH Geek [Dave]]

Decrement and increment are both nouns and verbs in most other languages, so to hell with Webster I say.

(Especially since I use them as verbs too.)

[ergo sum]

That word is so perfect that we need to invent a verb form perhaps decremented

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Grammar Police, eh? ;)

http://www.answers.com/topic/decrement

Look at the section entitled "Technology".

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

`The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master -- that's all.'

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything; so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. `They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs: they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole lot of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!'