In the Pope and prostitute news (some Language Log discussion here), occurrences of the simple back-formed verb contracept (based on contraception/contraceptive) unearthed by Paul Frank and discussed on ADS-L: “As Sacred Heart Major Seminary professor Janet Smith put it in The Catholic World Report, ‘We must note that what is intrinsically wrong in a homosexual … Continue reading Data points: back-formation 11/28/10