Another Wording Conundrum:

Leafleter (as I wrote) or leafleteer (as the editors made it)? Quick LEXIS and google searches reveal a near tie, and I don’t feel strongly on the subject, so I defer to the editors.

But I hadn’t even thought of “leafleteer” as an option, though I take it the analogy is to “pamphleteer.” (I’d never say “pamphleter,” but that’s probably because “to pamphlet” is rarely used as a verb, while “to leaflet” is often used that way, and standard word formation rules thus give us “leafleter.”)

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