CLIPPING

•Clipping is the word formation process in which a words is reduced to sa shorter form.

•Clipping keeps the original word meaning intact.These words are very common in everyday speech.

TYPES OF CLIPPING

•BACK CLIPPING -Removal of the end of the word

•FORE CLIPPING -Removal of the beginning of the word

•MIDDLE CLIPPING -Removal of the beginning and end of the word

•COMPLEX CLIPPING -Removing multiple parts from multiple words

BACK CLIPPING

•Convict-Con

•Teenager-Teen

•Celebrity-Celeb

•Gasoline-Gas

•Photograph-Photo

•Pianoforte-Piano

•Doctor-Doc

•Examination-Exam

•Cablegram-Cable

FORE CLIPPING

•Robot-bot

•Cokroach-roach

•Alligator-gator

•Telephone-phone
•Turnpike-pike

•University-versity

•Internet-net

•Autobus-bus

•Periwig-wig

•Violencello-cello

•Caravan-van

•Raccoon-con

COMPLEX CLIPPING

•Science Fiction -Sci-Fi

•Middlebrow culture -Midcult

•Situation Comedy-Sitcom

•Foreign Exchange -Forex

•Newspaper Boy-Newsboy

•European Television -Eurovision

•Navigation Certificate-Navicert

•Linoleum Cut-Linocut

•Optical Art-Op art

•Modulator Demodulator-Modem

MIDDLE CLIPPING

•Detective-tec

•Apollinaris-polli

•Pyjamas-jam

•Refrigerator-frige

•Influenza-flu.
-i downloaded this great new brain training app.

-Merry Xmas everyone.

-My bike tyre has puncture again

-Shall we go down to pub after work

-We love listening to popular music