Using 'stuck' as a verb

The visual studio kept stucking under RDP yesterday

Should 'stuck' become a present tense verb? It seems like "getting stuck" is too long for the modern world where it happens much more frequently to things than it used to (See, for example, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Share and enjoy").

Solution 1:

It seems the answer should be no since the usage of 'stuck' (in the case of getting, being stuck) is as a modifier. A similar case could be made for "I am happy", as though 'am happy' should be a verb. It would see an equal amount of use; but structurally being a verb doesn't simplify anything or make it more concise/accurate.

Solution 2:

Well, such things are possible in language. You are talking about taking an adjective/a past participle of a verb and re-appropriating it as the present tense of a verb with a related, but different, meaning. This verb seems to refer specifically to programs/computers getting stuck. Sure, this could happen. As to whether it is likely, it really depends on circumstances -- it is similar to asking if a certain animal should evolve a sharper claw. If there is sufficient need for it, and if there isn't a better alternative, then it will emerge -- but language change doesn't happen because people decide it.

Linguistically speaking, creating a verb (to stuck) that looks like the past tense form of another verb (to stick) is not impossible. As mentioned in another thread, we have the verbs "to fall/to fell", "to lay/to lie".

The biggest obstacle I see is competing terms that already exist as verbs: "to hang" and "to lag" come to mind. Both of these are related to "getting stuck" in the computer sense.