clipping
The arbitrary cutting off of parts of a word , clipped words are mostly used informally.
| Type of clipping | Clipped form | Full form |
| Back-clipping | mag | magazine |
| Fore-clipping | bus | omnibus |
| Fore- and Back-clipping | flu | influenza |
linguisticsweb/glossary/clipping.txt · Last modified: 2020/10/01 12:23 (external edit)
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