Community Stages Terminology

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Bruce Tuckman proposed four stages that groups go through: forming, storming, norming, and performing. This page tracks the use of other candidate community stages (see the blog post for more information).

aborning
adjourning
adorning
antireforming
attorning
ausforming
barnstorming
bestorming
bethorning
beworming
borning
brainstorming
chloroforming
conforming
corning
deforming
dehorning
deworming
disadorning
disforming
dishorning
disinforming
electroforming
enforming
~~forming~~ (Tuckman 1965)
gorming
horning
hydroforming
informing
midmorning
misforming
misinforming
morning
mourning
nonadorning
nonconforming
nondeforming
nonforming
nonperforming
nonsporeforming
nontransforming
~~norming~~ (Tuckman 1965)
outperforming
outscorning
overinforming
~~performing~~ (Tuckman 1965)
platforming
postforming
preforming
premorning
readjourning
readorning
reforming
reinforming
rejourning
retransforming
scorning
shoehorning
slipforming
sojourning
sorning
sporeforming
~~storming~~ (Tuckman 1965)
stubborning
suborning
terraforming
thermoforming
thorning
transforming
unconforming
underperforming
unforming
uniforming
uninforming
unmourning
unperforming
unreforming
untransforming
worming
yestermorning
afterswarming
beswarming
hearthwarming
heartwarming
housewarming
inswarming
overswarming
overwarming
prewarming
rewarming
swarming
unswarming
upswarming
warming

This was generated on a Debian system using the american-english-insane dictionary using the following command:

grep -e '[^A-Z].*ou\?r[mn]ing$' /usr/share/dict/american-english-insane

Plus a few from this command, filtered to only those that rhyme.

grep -i -E "[^A-Z].*ar[mn]ing$" /usr/share/dict/american-english-insane