Word Ways
Abstract
Among the twenty or so ways that new words enter our language is clipping. Clipping, the opposite of affixing, forms a new word by eliminating part of a complex or compound word. Usually the meaning is not changed.
Recommended Citation
Brooke, Maxey
(1980)
"Clipt,"
Word Ways: Vol. 13
:
Iss.
2
, Article 12.
Retrieved from:
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol13/iss2/12
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