Identify the word-formation process that accounts for each of the following a. The word DINK was created from double income, no kids: b. A woman describing clothing that was both grimy and crummy said, These pants are getting kinda grummy. c. A college professor was overheard saying, incorrectly, Most AIDS are transmitted by… rather than Most AIDS is transmitted by… d. A flight instructor told a student to check that all the Carter pins were in place. (A cotter pin is a small metal rod that holds a nut to a bolt.) e. A person arranging a meeting says, We’ll liaise at 11: 00. f. Deluvy ‘flood’ is a late nineteenth-century word from Latin diluvium. g. In the mid-nineteenth century, a swartout was an embezzler. The word comes from Samuel Swartout, a member of President Andrew Johnson’s administration, who misappropriated more than a million dollars in public funds. h. A wife says to her husband, I’m going to re-gift this vase that Aunt Dons sent us. i. A student engaged in a debate says, That’s a mute point.
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