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- noun Plural form of
back-formation .
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Examples
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Sundry creative back-formations, new words built from elements of preexisting ones, have been made from the word bikini.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Sundry creative back-formations, new words built from elements of preexisting ones, have been made from the word bikini.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Other back-formations, such as enthuse and liaise, inhabit a grey area of acceptability.
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Other back-formations, such as enthuse and liaise, inhabit a grey area of acceptability.
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Regardless of how back-formations are formed, they are often initially considered to be irregular, even ignorant, and suitable only for informal use in slang or jokes.
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It also refers to the words themselves, so back-formations result from back-formation.
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It also refers to the words themselves, so back-formations result from back-formation.
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Regardless of how back-formations are formed, they are often initially considered to be irregular, even ignorant, and suitable only for informal use in slang or jokes.
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Or The Columbia Guide to Standard American English on irregular common back-formations: coronate (v.) is a Nonstandard back-formation from the noun coronation, perhaps coined first as a jocular nonce word.
Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation 2009
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I confess to prejudice against nonstandard back-formations.
Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation 2009
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