The paper presents a formative lexical technique less studied in the Romanian linguistics: the so-called post-syntagmatic or delocutive derivation. The basis of this type of derivation is a noun that functions as part of a phrase belonging to the repeated discourse. The result is a new verb that, by condensation, takes over the meaning of the initial expression that is to be substituted in the discourse. Although it has a far less productivity than other derivative structural types (yet, an important development has been registered in the past decades, especially in the familiar-argotic language), the post-syntagmatic derivation illustrates the way speakers act for communicative and expressive purposes. A better understanding of the post-syntagmatic derivation mechanism could also clarify the etymology of some Romanian delocutive verbs.