@threddyrex me either! Whenever I see people talking about a new word thing my first instinct is to look it up on Google Ngram viewer. I was shocked by how early it was!

@mansr and yet it appears in other dictionaries as a noun. Indicating that it’s use is widely known and considered correct.

English verbs nouns and nouns verbs, it has been happening for as long as there has been English.

@threddyrex it’s been in use as a noun since at least 1892!

@mansr it actually does. language is how we use it. If it’s been used as a noun it’s a noun

@mansr you don’t, that’s true. But consider why you don’t like it. Language policing often hides other forms of bigotry

@mansr be careful about using discyionaries to justify things. Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. ‘Ask’ as a noun has been in use since at least 1800s, and had a surge in popularity in 1980s.

It sounds like what you’re saying is you hate middle manager people, and so ‘ask’ is standing in for that.

Given the spread of the word, I’d be surprised if you didn’t know many people who say it, possibly even yourself.

@mansr please also know that Collins is a dictionary for language learners, not a dictionary for dictating language. Check OED for more comprehensive language usage.