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100 examples of clipped words8/30/2023 ![]() When their usefulness is limited to narrower contexts, they remain outside the standard register. ![]() Clipped forms can pass into common usage when they are widely useful, becoming part of standard English, which most speakers would agree has happened with math/ maths, lab, exam, phone (from telephone), fridge (from refrigerator), and various others. ![]() For example, exam(ination), math(ematics), and lab(oratory) originated in school slang spec(ulation) and tick(et = credit) in stock-exchange slang and vet(eran) and cap(tain) in army slang. They originate as jargon or slang of an in-group, such as schools, army, police, and the medical profession. According to Hans Marchand, clippings are not coined as words belonging to the core lexicon of a language.
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