- This word was first used by my peer academic advisor (PAA). She was scrubbing a pan with her hand because she said that a used scrub would be "germ-ing" her clean pan. This word is formed by merely attaching the "ing" to the noun germ.
Germ-ing
verb; derivation
infect with germs
Etymology : Germ, from Latin germen + affixation of "ing"
Source : conversation with friends. Fall 2011
Last modified: 30 November 2011