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This re-analysis of words can be in error or in humor, done on purpose. About 110 years ago when British troops were released after a long siege in a town called Mafeking in South Africa. It sparked wild celebrations in Britain. The town name Mafeking was jocularly treated as a gerund and a verb form was coined: to maffick (to celebrate).
This re-interpretation of a word to coin a new word is called back-formation: devising a word from what appears to be a derivative word.
This re-analysis of words can be in error or in humor, done on purpose. About 110 years ago when British troops were released after a long siege in a town called Mafeking in South Africa. It sparked wild celebrations in Britain. The town name Mafeking was jocularly treated as a gerund and a verb form was coined: to maffick (to celebrate).
The word we now know as cherry was originally cherise (in French it's still called cerise today), but as that seemed to be plural, people erroneously spoke of a cherry when referring to a single fruit.