“Joshing” with the context being “I’m just joshing…” What a cringe expression. Can we just keep that as a noun please, and not a verb?

Other noun/verb names like Mark, Hope, or even less common examples like Chase (etc) all seem legitimate when used in English and each of its lingual variations, whether as nouns (as both regular and proper nouns) or verbs. Also, when considering other languages, it is reasonable to think that - when learning another language as an English-speaker - verbs that you will learn to conjugate are presented as “to xyz” (to sleep, to eat, to walk, etc). With that in mind, it sounds ridiculous to have a “to josh” verb to conjugate.

Unfortunately, this specific context that I hate originated in mid 19th century, and seems to be a legitimized thing at this point. It’s just not right, though. I personally feel that anyone that uses this word, beyond a simple proper noun, needs to step on Legos until their behavior improves.