CLIPPING WORDS
Clipping
means to remove something by cutting. In English many words are formed by
clipping a part of a larger word while retaining the meaning of the original
word.
Some words are
formed by clipping a part of a larger word while retaining the meaning of the
original word.
If the front
portion of the word is clipped away it is called front clipping .
If the end
part of the word is clipped away it is called
back clipping .
If it is
done to both the ends it is called front
and back clipping .
MAIN WORD CLIPPED WORD
Advertisement
= Ad
Ampere = Amp
Automobile = Auto
motor bike = Bike
Topbrass = Brass
Hamburger = Burger
Omnibus = Bus
Cabriolet = Cab
Coffee house
= Cafe
Suitcase = Case
Centum = Cent
Alchemist = Chemist
Cleric = Clerk
Co-education
= Coed
Pressure
cooker = Cooker
Helicopter = Copter
Curiosity = Curio
Bicycle = Cycle
Demonstration
= Demo
Discotheque = Disco
Diskette = Disc
Dormitory = Dorm
Examination = Exam
Fanatic = Fan
Facsimile = Fax
Newsflash = Flash
Influenza = Flu
Refrigerator
= Fridge
Gasoline = Gas
Gentle man = Gents
Bridegroom = Groom
Gymnasium = Gym
Handkerchief
= Kerchief
Hitchhike = Hitch
Identity = ID
Kilogram = Kilo
Laboratory = Lab
Limousine = Limo
Luncheon = Lunch
Demarcate = Mark
Mathematics = Maths
Memorandum = Memo
micro phone = Mic
Moving
picture = Movie
Newscast = News
non-vegetarian
= Non-veg
Okay = OK
Pantaloons = Pants
Paragraph = Para
Pathway = Path
fountain pen
= Pen
Telephone = Phone
Photograph = Photo
Aeroplane = Plane
Popmusic = Pop
Perambulator
= Pram
Promenade = Prom
Public house
= Pub
Rehabilitate
= Rehab
Signature = Sign
Spectacles = Specs
Storehouse = Store
Taxicab = Taxi
tram car = Tram
Tubelight = Tube
Typographical
Error = Typo
Vegetarian = Veg
University = Varsity
Veterinary
surgeon = Vet
Zoological
park = Zoo