Example sentences for: backwords

How can you use “backwords” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I lived David Galef's “Backwords and Newances” [XVI,2], but he certainly is not a techie (from technician, usually electronic technician `one familiar with and capable of dealing with technology')

  • They aren't quite neologisms to account for new technology, like cryogenics or LED . Rather, they come from new technology looking back on old technology--and I've decided to call them backwords.

  • Wood-burning stove and handwritten note are two recent items for the backwords collection.

  • To distinguish them from backwords, they may be termed newances.

  • The one risk in collecting backwords is that it does tend to make one feel like an antiquity, possibly deserving of a backword oneself.


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