Talk:tryhard

RFV discussion: August 2022–February 2023

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tryhard

The verb only. The sole citation is actually a noun (tryhard + -ing). Gbook hits for try-harded are scannos for "try harder". Hits for try-hards appear to only be for the plural. Leasnam (talk) 15:21, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Is "have fun while tryharding" using a noun? I can "have fun while verbing" ("have fun while classifying"), but can I "have fun while noun" (*"have fun while classification")? I found some other hits of Citations:tryharding, of which "Tryharding, simply put, is a preference of telic routines over paratelic playful pleasure" could indeed be a noun, but "DON'T YOU EVER STOP TRYHARDING?!" seems like a verb. "tryharding is not her style" could be either, and "tryharding to rob him from air" reads like like a weird, non-fluent error for "trying hard" (not usable for this sense), so we still need one or two more cites (and yes, ideally other inflected forms). - -sche (discuss) 18:11, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

This seems fairly legitimate if you just google around. Better than "pick a random Anglo-Saxon verb, and stick be- or -ly on it". If we are going to accept the Web sources (which I believe we can do now by consensus) then yes, it's clearly a word that people use. Equinox ◑ 20:56, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

I will call this  cited. Ioaxxere (talk) 21:54, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV Passed. Ioaxxere (talk) 22:21, 16 February 2023 (UTC)