To church marry, to civil marry

Tom Suozzi’s op-ed column “Why I Now Support Gay Marriage” a while back (NYT, 6/13/09) made me think some more about 2-p b-f verbs (two-part back-formed verbs), and in particular the possible 2-p b-f verbs to church marry and to civil marry. Here’s the route from the first to the second. Suozzi’s piece was about same-sex … Continue reading To church marry, to civil marry