Jonathan Lighter on ADS-L yesterday, under the heading “Re back-forming again”: This past Monday’s Supergirl had someone explaining that Martian J’onn J’onnz had “shape-shifted” to get into Maxwell Lord’s technofortress. Yes, this is an example of a 2pbfV (two-part back-formed verb), but not at all a remarkable one; to shape-shift was an early item in … Continue reading to shape-shift