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They did not, however, conform to the letter of Galef's definition—conjunct words of contradictory literal meaning.
Pulsetone, as mentioned in Galef's footnote, is the label (placard) on an instrument for a switch that adjusts the instrument to operate on one or the other.
I enjoyed David Galef's definition of backword to mean the modifier added to a previously specific word which has been made generic by the advent of a new technology.
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')
Here is an instance of what Mr. Galef calls “false recall” acting not to smooth something out but to make it rougher than it ever was!