centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles...

Back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via morphology, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a...

the back behind the fullback called the running back, tailback, or I-back. The two backs line up either in a line (hence the name of the formation since...

verb headhunt is a back-formation of headhunter the verb edit is formed from the noun editor the word televise is a back-formation of television The process...

process. Back-formations are shortened words created from longer words, thus back-formations may be viewed as a sub-type of clipping. Each back-formation in...

or split backs formation is a formation that has been commonly used as a "base" set by professional and amateur teams. The "pro set" formation features...

are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a halfback (in certain...

reappear in real-world usage or be created, for example, through humorous back-formation. In some cases a paired word does exist, but is quite rare or archaic...

and five defensive backs (three cornerbacks, CBs, one free safety, FS and one strong safety, SS). 3–4 defense A defensive formation with three linemen...

Single set back (also known as the "Lone Setback" or "Singleback" or "Ace" formation or "Oneback" or "Solo") is an offensive base formation in American...

Look up formation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Formation may refer to: Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes...

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy; pl.: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to...

form of an existing word or phrase. Clipping is also different from back-formation, which proceeds by (pseudo-)morpheme rather than segment, and where...

stave of a barrel or cask is a back-formation from staves, which is its plural. (See the Plural to singular by back-formation section below.) This article...

of the four "backs" in the offensive formation. The H-back, while similar in name, should not be confused with "halfback" or "running back", which are...

numbers increasing from the back and the right. The Danubian school of football is a modification of the 2–3–5 formation in which the centre forward plays...

caused by reanalysis of the structure of a word include rebracketing and back-formation. In rebracketing, users of the language change, misinterpret, or reinterpret...

tamales). Tamal comes from the Nahuatl tamalli. The English "tamale" is a back-formation from tamales, with English speakers applying English pluralization rules...

Aegea is a back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named after an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The Encyclopædia Britannica...

The Back Bay Formation is a geologic formation in New Brunswick. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. Earth sciences portal Canada...

The name "Back to the Beginning" refers to the band's formation in Aston, as Osbourne insisted on staging one final performance to "give back to the place...

Idol Gives Back was a charitable campaign that spanned two episodes of American Idol during its sixth season. A second Idol Gives Back concert and fundraiser...

and the small parish of St Sepulchre Middlesex. The area's name is a back-formation: It takes its name from the station, which was in turn named after Farringdon...

the threshold, the laser is said to be lasing. The term "lasing" is a back formation from "laser," which is an acronym, not an agent noun. The lasing threshold...

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher...

fullback, and running back, particularly when contrasted with the same players' alignments in the T formation. The formation begins with the usual 5...

originated in the United States early in the twentieth century, derived by back-formation from the adjective peevish, meaning "ornery or ill-tempered", which...

A player moves across the formation prior to the snap. However, once this player crosses the position of the running back who will receive the snap,...

the solid state of other volatiles such as carbon dioxide and argon. Back-formation Backronym Contrastive focus reduplication Markedness -onym Protologism...

Mississippi, and Florida. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. The formation is a relic of an ancient sea that left an extensive, porous...