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May 22, 2006, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by n00b
An adjective modifies a noun. Putting Parachute in front of Pants modifies it, ergo it's an adjective.
Putting something in your mouth doesn't make it food ... Anyway, parachute pants is two nouns forming one unity, in some languages (Swedish for instance) they would even be considered as one noun. If parachute was an adjective you would be able to do something "parachutely" too.
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