‘Shaken’ (Not Stirred) and Leaving Us ‘Shook’

Verb shake take its standard past form shake (“he shook my hand”) and, in most cases, shake as its standard past participle “she was shake her husband is awake”).

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The bartender shook the cocktail perfectly.

As usual, that past participle is also used in passive constructions, more often not figuratively to make someone feel uncomfortable or agitated, but sometimes also literally:

Superintendent Jeff Beal previously said in a text message that the bus was a special education bus that had just finished its midday run. Both the driver and the supervisor on the bus are shake, but uninjured, he said. — Nathan Clark, MLive.comAugust 28, 2018

The phenomenon in which larger objects of the mixture, such as Brazil nuts in a nut mix, float to the top when the mixture is well mixed. shake vertical. —Thomas Sumner, Scientific newsOctober 4, 2014

But we are increasingly seeing the use of shake is the form of participation chosen when used to mean “sad or agitated”:

During her time there, he said, she co-hosted a competition for business students. She also participates in the annual week and is a good athlete. “The whole Ryerson community is shake,” Grandfather. [Jordan] Becker said. — Carlo Allegri, Reuters, April 24, 2018

…or meaning “full of excitement or dismay”:

Well, it’s one of the biggest museums in America, so I shake when they email me. I thought, ‘Are you sure you’ve met the right person?’ – Quil Lemons, in Philadelphia QuestionerAugust 29, 2018

Participatory use of shake has long been used by most commentators as a dialectical phenomenon. Adjective OED Labels shake “frequent [in constructions with] up” and “originally and primarily the United States” Elvis Presley participated shake best known for the song “All Shook Up” (1957), written by African-American composer (and rock pioneer) Otis Blackwell.

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Examples of participation shake can be found throughout English literature, both by itself and as part of an ordinal shake up:

And I will not deny that some of my people have been shaken – perhaps all have been shaken; maybe i was shake my self; maybe that’s why I’m here for the terms. —Robert Louis Stevenson, treasure island1883

“Well, did you shake silly,” said Dan. “It was just Dad and I on the train anyway to see it. The chef he doesn’t count.” – Rudyard Kipling, Brave captain1897

Part of the reason to consider participation shake dialect usage is how often it occurs in spoken language and dialogue relative to edited text. But recently found use shake as a participle in a slightly more formal context, such as writing the news, suggests that it is becoming more common and standard:

The world of basketball has shake its core on Thursday night thanks to Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals. But judging by his facial expression, no one was more drawn to the roller coaster game’s ending than LeBron James himself. — Megan McCluskey, TimeJune 1, 2018

Some features of Samsung’s newest phones, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, have left me shake. Not because of the great advancement of technology but because it feels like Samsung is watching me. — Ashlee Clark Thomson, CnetMarch 1, 2018

In 2017, the Coast Guard was shake by proposals to cut $1.3 billion from its budget to help fund the US-Mexico border wall, washington articles report. — CNBC.com, June 1, 2018

With all this going on, we could see engagement shake Grow enough used to shake the opponent. Enough to give us a shake.

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