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back-formation

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noun

  1. a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

    noun.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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back streetback talkback toothback upback-blastback-channelback-gearedback-numberback-to-backbackachebackarackbackare

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