Example sentences for: backwords

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

  • In the gustatory realm, backwords are common: Fresh-squeezed orange juice and hand-dipped ice cream simply make the point that most juice and ice cream no longer come that way.

  • Finally, there are the objects that, while still possessing one basic nomenclature, show marked potential for confusion and hence for backwords.

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

  • As with other etymological quests, the search for backwords and newances may become a consuming hobby.

  • 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')


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