Posted by Peter H on April 14, 2005 at 11:03:17 from 81.158.214.128 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: DUFFER - in posted by John Nichols on April 13, 2005 at 20:05:09:
Thanks, John. I am intrigued to note that a former alternative to 'duffer' was 'doofart' - that would have livened up that telegram, particularly for child readers!
A query - what do etymologists mean by 'back-formation'?