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Anyhow I thought this might be a topic I could use in my editing
column in our STC newsletter. To that end, could anyone send me other
examples of back-formations?
How about "back-formate," when back-form would do nicely. ...RM
Richard Mateosian Technical Writer in Berkeley CA srm -at- c2 -dot- org