fore-and-aft-clipping
Definition:
Creating a new word by taking away letters from the front and back of an existing word.
Example:
(1) The word
flu
was coined from
influenza
.
(2) The name
Liz
was coined from
Elizabeth
.
a type of
:
clipping
see:
back-clipping
|
for-and-aft-clipping
|
aphesis
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