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Homework Assignment #4 1. yuppie 2. snafu 3. aids 4. radar 5. laser 6. NATO 7. jeep 8. sonar 9. DEW-Line 10. o.k.

Your job: a. Trace each word back to its origins. b. What does each word have in common with the others? c. Are the words formed according to a productive process in English? (Productive means that the process is not obsolete; it can still be used to form yet new words.)

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