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Kees Cook wrote:=0A=
> I have struggled with this as well. The parts of speech change, and my=0A=
> grammar senses go weird. whitelist =3D adjective noun. allow-list =3D ver=
b=0A=
> noun. verbing the adj/noun combo feels okay, but verbing a verb/noun is=
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> weird.=0A=
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> And just using "allowed" and "denied" doesn't impart whether it refers=0A=
> to a _single_ instance or a _list_ of instances.=0A=
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> But that's all fine. The change is easy to do and is more descriptive=0A=
> even if I can't find terms that don't collide with my internal grammar=0A=
> checker. ;)=0A=
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But why. In English many times a verb when it comes before the noun means a=
n adjective, or an adjective like, describing some traits of the noun.=0A=
Example: =0A=
I work - work is a verb here.=0A=
I used the work bench. - Work is saying something about the type of bench, =
an adjective. Same as you would say "I used the green bench".=0A=
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I am not an English native at all but allow-list sounds totally English to =
me. (I guess the very correct English way is "allowed-list"  where the past=
 tense may convert the verb to a noun. but allow-list sounds very good to m=
e as well. Say work-list as opposed to vacation-list do you need to say wor=
ked-list? I don't think so.)=0A=
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run mate, running mate. cutting board. these are all examples of verbs used=
 as adjectives. Are they not English? What am I missing I would like to lea=
rn?=0A=
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Thanks=0A=
Boaz=0A=