Clipped compound

In linguistics, a clipped compound is a word produced from a compound word by reducing its parts while retaining the meaning of the original compound. It is a special case of word formation called clipping. Clipped compounds are common in various slang and jargon vocabularies. The meaning of clipped compound may overlap with that of acronym, especially with compounds made of short components.

Clipped compound

In linguistics, a clipped compound is a word produced from a compound word by reducing its parts while retaining the meaning of the original compound. It is a special case of word formation called clipping. Clipped compounds are common in various slang and jargon vocabularies. The meaning of clipped compound may overlap with that of acronym, especially with compounds made of short components.