Before revision: To disambiguate the usage of the term "folk/popular etymology", Ghil'ad Zuckermann proposes a clear-cut distinction between the derivational-only popular etymology (DOPE) and the generative popular etymology (GPE): the DOPE refers to the popular false etymology itself , and the GPE refers to the neologization generated by the popular false etymology.
After revision: To disambiguate a usage of the term "folk/popular etymology", Ghil'ad Zuckermann proposes a clear-cut distinction between the derivational-only popular etymology (DOPE) and the generative popular etymology (GPE): the DOPE refers to the popular false etymology involving no neologization , and a GPE refers to neologization generated by the popular false etymology.