Should "game" be considered a verb?

Whenever somebody at my school played a game on their laptop, everyone would say things like "Look at you gaming" and "Wow you're a mad gamer." Should the word game really be a verb, or should it stay as a noun? It's kind of disturbing me.

It's both.

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Yeah it's both, depends on how you use it.  Kinda like the word "fuck" and how there's a billion different ways it can be used.  He fucked us, we just fucked up, we fucking knew it, etc etc.

" Yeah it's both, depends on how you use it.  Kinda like the word "fuck" and how there's a billion different ways it can be used.  He fucked us, we just fucked up, we fucking knew it, etc etc.

Sorry for cursing, but that's a good example - you have to admit it.

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Yes. But only cool kids should be permitted its use.

It's a thing not a verb. People just use the word wrongly.

Nope not a verb. Sorry. Neither is 'Party'.

It annoys me that I use both as verbs.

Nope, you shouldn't use game as a verb unless you're in marketing. Games are played. Systems are gamed.