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Need a verb for "creating a campus"
I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which describes, in point form, the radical clearance of earlier development and streets to create a college (now university) campus.
"The maps show the radical nature of the redevelopment, and the resulting (campusing? campusification? campusificationalisation? ..hmm..) of the site".
I may resign myself to using a descriptive phrase, but I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
"The maps show the radical nature of the redevelopment, and the resulting (campusing? campusification? campusificationalisation? ..hmm..) of the site".
I may resign myself to using a descriptive phrase, but I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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[nq:1]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which describes, in point form, the radical clearance of earlier development ... [/nq] Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).
- [nq:1]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which describes, in point form, the radical clearance of earlier development ...
- [/nq] Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).
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[nq:1]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which describes, in point form, the radical clearance of earlier development ... I may resign myself to using a descriptive phrase, but I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?[/nq]
Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).
Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).
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[nq:2]Institutionalisation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hmmm...perhaps. I had in mind something more specific to campuses "institutionalisation" could, I think, cover the re-use of existing streets or building of a megastructure, rather than the creation of a completely new layout of discrete-but-related buildings.[/nq]
True.
If it's a typical block-strewn-lawn campus, why not 'sterilisation'?
[nq:1]Hmmm...perhaps. I had in mind something more specific to campuses "institutionalisation" could, I think, cover the re-use of existing streets or building of a megastructure, rather than the creation of a completely new layout of discrete-but-related buildings.[/nq]
True.
If it's a typical block-strewn-lawn campus, why not 'sterilisation'?
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[nq:2]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which ... I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?[/nq]
[nq:1]Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).[/nq]
I'll ponder that: I'm leaning towards "campusing" (in quotes), as it seems cleaner than the -isation form.
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for t
[nq:1]Use 'campusization' (in quotes, the first time you use it).[/nq]
I'll ponder that: I'm leaning towards "campusing" (in quotes), as it seems cleaner than the -isation form.
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for t
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[nq:1]True. If it's a typical block-strewn-lawn campus, why not 'sterilisation'? Seriously, I think 'campusing' is your best bet.[/nq]
That's what I'll probably opt for - as mentioned to Richard, though, I'll put it in quotes the first time I use it.
[nq:1]Or 'encampusment'? No, that's even more barbaric.[/nq]
A seriously ugly word, for some reason..
[nq:1](What were campuse
That's what I'll probably opt for - as mentioned to Richard, though, I'll put it in quotes the first time I use it.
[nq:1]Or 'encampusment'? No, that's even more barbaric.[/nq]
A seriously ugly word, for some reason..
[nq:1](What were campuse
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[nq:1]I'll ponder that: I'm leaning towards "campusing" (in quotes), as it seems cleaner than the -isation form.[/nq]
At my daughter's high school, "campusing" meant being confined to campus for some misdeed.
Fran
At my daughter's high school, "campusing" meant being confined to campus for some misdeed.
Fran
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[nq:1]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which describes, in point form, the radical clearance of earlier development ... I may resign myself to using a descriptive phrase, but I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?[/nq]
For "resulting" read "subsequent" the urban renewal did not in and of itself create a campus.
"Reinvention as a campus". There is no need to str
For "resulting" read "subsequent" the urban renewal did not in and of itself create a campus.
"Reinvention as a campus". There is no need to str
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[nq:2]I'm in the middle of writing a topographical summary which ... development and streets to create a college (now university) campus.[/nq]
campustration...
...like castration without the mpu (minor political upheaval)
hc
Dublin, Ireland
campustration...
...like castration without the mpu (minor political upheaval)
hc
Dublin, Ireland
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[nq:1]campustration... ...like castration without the mpu (minor political upheaval) hc[/nq]
That should've been with mpu, of course.
Dublin, Ireland
That should've been with mpu, of course.
Dublin, Ireland
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[nq:2](What were campuses called in BrE before they were called campuses? I think campus is a fairly recent import from America.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think they really existed prior to the greenfield-site universities of the 1960s, at which date the term would ... be either buildings belonging to a single college or a collection of miscellaneous structures scattered around part of the city.[/nq
[nq:1]I don't think they really existed prior to the greenfield-site universities of the 1960s, at which date the term would ... be either buildings belonging to a single college or a collection of miscellaneous structures scattered around part of the city.[/nq
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[nq:2]I may resign myself to using a descriptive phrase, but I'd love to find a single verb any suggestions?[/nq]
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[nq:1]"Reinvention as a campus". There is no need to strive for a single word.[/nq]
Whether or not it's technically necessary is rather beside the point: I'd much prefer to use a single word. Using a phrase is (as I've recognised) a perfectly feasible
[nq:1]"Reinvention as a campus". There is no need to strive for a single word.[/nq]
Whether or not it's technically necessary is rather beside the point: I'd much prefer to use a single word. Using a phrase is (as I've recognised) a perfectly feasible
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