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Monday, April 26, 2010

Back-formation

A back-formation is the process of deriving a word from what appears to be its derivative. For example, the word editor actually came first, and the word edit was formed after it.

After the Siege of Mafeking of the Second Boer War, the British were so excited that they created the verb maffick, which means "to celebrate boisterously," after the town of Mafeking.

Here's a list of back-formations.

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