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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage #190771 04/27/10 11:34 AM Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6 S Stevo stranger Stevo stranger S Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6 One new useage I have noted recently is reference as a verb; instead of saying "refered to" people are saying "he referenced the article by soandso". I assume that is a back formation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted RE: Back-formations RGanesh 04/26/10 04:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/26/10 10:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 12:54 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/10 06:59 PM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 08:21 PM Re: RE: Back-formations olly 04/26/10 09:40 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/27/10 12:22 AM Re: RE: Back-formations beck123 04/27/10 12:38 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/10 02:03 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Sandman 04/27/10 05:50 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/27/10 11:35 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Stevo 04/27/10 11:34 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Mike Vargo 04/29/10 01:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations goofy 04/29/10 02:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations kah454 04/30/10 08:47 PM Re: RE: Back-formations wockstar 04/27/10 10:07 PM Re: RE: Back-formations sentra 04/28/10 08:32 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/28/10 01:15 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,382 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 277 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,569 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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