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 slangs and jargons. Clipped compounds may overlap with acronyms, especially for compounds of short constituent words. In the Russian language, a clipped compound may acquire extra suffixes indicative of the intended grammar of the formed word. In particular, the suffx '-k-' is commonly used, e.g., askorbinka for askorbinovaya kislota (ascorbic acid).