WordPlay: Clipped or Shortened Words and Phrases
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The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified many CLIPPED OR SHORTENED WORDS AND PHRASES in the Spelling Bee lexicon.
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Many examples of clipped or shortened phrases may be found in the Spelling Bee lexicon. The complete list of words on this topic is shown at right (on laptop or desktop) or at the end of the page (on mobile); the same list with definitions is given below. Bee words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest. The complete list of words on this topic is shown at right (on laptop or desktop) or at the end of the page (on mobile); the same list with definitions is given below. Bee words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Many examples of clipped or shortened phrases may be found in the Spelling Bee lexicon. The complete list of words on this topic is shown at right (on laptop or desktop) or at the end of the page (on mobile); the same list with definitions is given below. Bee words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest. The complete list of words on this topic is shown at right (on laptop or desktop) or at the end of the page (on mobile); the same list with definitions is given below. Bee words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
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CLIPPED OR SHORTENED WORDS AND PHRASES in the Spelling Bee lexicon
ADMIN: administrative assistantAFRO: a hairstyle of tight curls in a full evenly rounded shapeAIDE: a person who acts as an assistant or a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer; short for aide-de-campALLEY: a playing marble, especially: one of superior quality; by shortening and alteration from alabasterALOE: short for aloe vera: an aloe (Aloe barbadensis synonym A. vera) whose leaves furnish a gelatinous emollient extract used especially in cosmetics and skin creams; also: such an extract or a preparation composed primarily of such an extractALUM: short for alumus, alumna, or aluminumAMMO: shortened form of ammunitionAMNIO: short for amniocentesis, the surgical insertion of a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the uterus to obtain amniotic fluid especially for the determination of fetal sex or chromosomal abnormalityANON: abbreviation for anonymous; anonymouslyAUTO: automobileBEAUT: a beauty, in the sense of a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instanceBICARB: short for sodium bicarbonateBIKE: a bicycle or a motorcycle or motor bike; by shortening & alteration of bicycleBIKING: a bicycle or a motorcycle or motor bike; by shortening & alteration of bicycleBILLFOLD: a folding pocketbook for paper money; a wallet; short for earlier billfolderBIOTECH: short for biotechnology, the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products (such as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains, or novel pharmaceuticals); also: any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation; also, ergonomics, an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safelyBLITZ: short for Blitzkrieg; an intensive aerial military campaignBLOG: a website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer; also: the contents of such a site; also, a regular feature appearing as part of an online publication that typically relates to a particular topic and consists of articles and personal commentary by one or more authors; also, to write or have a blog; to write or write about (something) on a blog (short for Weblog). Blog is short for weblog, which is a portmanteau of web + log (a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities).BLOGGED: a website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer; also: the contents of such a site; also, a regular feature appearing as part of an online publication that typically relates to a particular topic and consists of articles and personal commentary by one or more authors; also, to write or have a blog; to write or write about (something) on a blog (short for Weblog). Blog is short for weblog, which is a portmanteau of web + log (a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities).BLOGGING: a website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer; also: the contents of such a site; also, a regular feature appearing as part of an online publication that typically relates to a particular topic and consists of articles and personal commentary by one or more authors; also, to write or have a blog; to write or write about (something) on a blog (short for Weblog). Blog is short for weblog, which is a portmanteau of web + log (a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities).BLOOP: a fly ball hit barely beyond a baseball infield, or a high baseball pitch lobbed to the batter; back-formation from blooper, a fly ball hit barely beyond a baseball infieldBOHO: a Bohemian: a person (such as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others. From a transferred sense of French bohemién "a Bohemian; a Gypsy," from the country name (Bohemia), mistakenly believed to be the home of the Gypsies.BRAT: short for bratwurstBRIG: short for brigade (a large body of troops) or for brigadier (an officer in the British army commanding a brigade and ranking immediately below a major general) or for brigadier general; also, short for brigantine, a 2-masted square-rigged ship; also, a place (as on a ship) for temporary confinement of offenders in the U.S. NavyBRONC: short for bronco, an unbroken or imperfectly broken range horse of western North AmericaBURB: short for suburb, used in pluralCAMI: short for camisole, a short sleeveless garment for womenCAMO: short for camouflage, the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also: the disguise so appliedCAPO: a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings; short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboardCARB: short for carbohydrate or carburetorCARDIO: Short for cardiovascular exercisesCAROM: a rebounding especially at an angle; also, to strike and rebound: to glance (the car caromed off a tree); also, to proceed by or as if by caroms (carom from city to city); a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls; also, or a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket; also, to make a carom; by shortening & alteration from obsolete carambole, from Spanish carambolaCELEB: short for celebrityCELLI: plural, shortened form of violoncelli; the bass member of the violin family tuned an octave below the violaCELLO: shortened form of violoncello; the bass member of the violin family tuned an octave below the violaCHAMP: shortened form of champion, , a winner of first prize or first place in competition (a tennis champion); also: one who shows marked superiority (a champion at selling)CHAP: short for chapterCHAR: to burn, or to convert to charcoal or carbon usually by heat; shortened from charcoalCHARD: short for chardonnay (sometimes capitalized) or Swiss chardCHEAT: short for cheatgrass, an annual weedy Eurasian bromegrass (Bromus tectorum) naturalized in north America (M-W: “probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain”)CHEF: French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchenCHEM*: M-W: short for chemical, chemist, chemistryCHEMO: short for chemotherapyCHIMP: short for chimpanzee, an anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of equatorial Africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorillaCHUG: informal, by shortening of chugalug: to drink a container of liquid (such as beer) without pause; also, to drink greedily: guzzleCHUM: chum salmon, variants or less commonly chum: a metallic bluish green salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of the northern Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean that may reach a length of about 3.5 feet (1 meter) but is typically smallerCHUTE: short for parachuteCINEMA: short for cinematograph: a motion picture —usually used attributively; movies; especially: the film industry; the art or technique of making motion picture; also, a motion-picture theater
CIVVY*: civvies, also civies plural: civilian clothes as distinguished from a particular uniform (as of the military)CLUB: shortened form of club sandwich, a sandwich of three slices of bread with two layers of meat (such as turkey) and lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaiseCOAX: short for coaxial cable, a transmission line that consists of a tube of electrically conducting material surrounding a central conductor held in place by insulators and that is used to transmit telegraph, telephone, television, and Internet signals; called also coax cableCOED: short for coeducational student: somewhat old-fashioned: a female student in a coeducational institutionCOIF: shortened form of coiffure, a style or manner of arranging the hairCOLLAB: short for collaboration: a musical collaborationCOMBO: informal: shortened form of combinationCOMFY: shortened form of comfortableCOMP: shortened form of “complimentary” or “compensation” or any of several others.COMPED: shortened form of “complimentary”CONDO: short for condominiumCONVO: informal: conversation, oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or ideas; also, an instance of such exchange: a talk; shortened from conversationCOON*: short for raccoon, a small nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) of North America that is chiefly gray, has a black mask and bushy ringed tail, lives chiefly in trees, and has a varied diet including small animals, fruits, and nuts; also, the pelt of this animal; also, any of several animals resembling or related to the raccoonCOPAY: M-W always hyphenates co-pay, short for co-paymentCORGI: short for Welsh corgi, a short-legged long-backed dog with foxy head of either of two breeds of Welsh originCRAB: crab apple; any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruitCROC: short for crocodile, any of several large, carnivorous, thick-skinned, long-bodied, aquatic reptiles (family Crocodylidae and especially genus Crocodylus) of tropical and subtropical waters that have a long, tapered, V-shaped snout; broadly: crocodilian, any of an order (Crocodylia) of reptiles including the crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gharials, and related extinct forms; also, the skin or hide of a crocodileCUKE: short for cucumber, a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable, or the vine itselfCURIO: short for curiosityDANDY: a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance; probably short for jack-a-dandyDECAL: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper; short for decalcomania, “the art or process of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper (as to glass)”DECO: short for, often capitalized, often attributive: Art Deco, a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s … named for French Art Déco, from Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, an exposition … held in Paris, France, in 1925DEKE: to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey); short for decoyDEKED: to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey); short for decoyDEKING: to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey); short for decoyDELI: short for delicatessen, a store where ready-to-eat food products (such as cooked meats and prepared salads) are soldDELT: short for deltoid, a large muscle of the shoulder: usually pluralDEMO: short for demonstration or demolishDETOX: short for detoxify or detoxification, to free (someone, such as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance; also, to remove a harmful substance (such as a poison or toxin) or the effect of such fromDETOXED: short for detoxified, to free (someone, such as a drug user or an alcoholic) from an intoxicating or an addictive substance in the body or from dependence on or addiction to such a substance; also, to remove a harmful substance (such as a poison or toxin) or the effect of such fromDIDDLY: slang: short for diddly-squat, the least amount: anything at allDINO: shortened form of dinosaurDIVVIED: shortening & alteration from divideDIVVY: shortening & alteration from divideDORM: short for dormitoryDOXED: M-W: or doxxed: informal: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge; from respelling of docs, plural of doc (short for document)DOXING: M-W: or doxxing: informal: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge; from respelling of docs, plural of doc (short for document)DOXX: M-W: variant of dox: informal: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge; from respelling of docs, plural of doc (short for document)DOXXED: M-W: variant of dox: informal: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge; from respelling of docs, plural of doc (short for document)DOXXING: M-W: variant of dox: informal: to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge; from respelling of docs, plural of doc (short for document)DRAM: a dramatist or playwrightDROID: short for android, a mobile robot usually with a human formDRUM: short for drumlin, an elongate or oval hill of glacial driftEXAM: short for examination, the act or process of examining: the state of being examined; also, an exercise designed to examine progress or test qualification or knowledge; also, a formal interrogationEXEC: short for executive or executive officer (the officer second in command of a military or naval organization or vessel)EXPAT: M-W’s only definition: chiefly British: an expatriate person: expatriateEXPO: short for exposition, a public exhibition or showFAXED: sent via facsimile (fax), a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter … by means of signals sent over telephone linesFRACK: the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order to free up petroleum resources (such as oil or natural gas). Short for (hydraulic) fracturingGENT: short for gentlemanGLAD: short for gladiolus: any of a genus (Gladiolus) of chiefly African perennial plants of the iris family with erect sword-shaped leaves and spikes of brilliantly colored irregular flowers arising from cormsGLAM: glam rock, rock music characterized by performers wearing fanciful costumes and flamboyant makeup; called also glam, glitter rockGLAM: short for glamor, glamour, an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness, especially alluring or fascinating attractionGRAD: short for graduate, a holder of an academic degree or diplomaa college graduateGRAM: short for grammar; grammaticalGRAND: a grand piano, a piano with horizontal frame and stringsHACK: Short for Hackney. Various meanings flowing from “a horse let out for common hire;” from Hackney, Middle English hakeney, hakenay "a small saddle horse, especially one for hire," probably from hackney, originally a parish and village, where nearby meadows may have been used to pasture horses.HEAD: a headmaster, a man heading the staff of a private school: a principalHICKORY: any of a genus (Carya) of North American hardwood trees of the walnut family that often have sweet edible nuts; also, the usually tough wood of a hickory, short for obsolete pokahickory, from Virginia Algonquian pawcohiccora food prepared from pounded nutsHIPPO: short for hippopotamus, any of a family (Hippopotamidae) of very large, four-toed, chiefly aquatic, herbivorous artiodactyl mammals…HOBBY: a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation, short for hobbyhorseHOKE*: to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey quality to; from hokum, a device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience responseHOOCH: slang: alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained; short for hoochinoo, a distilled liquor made by the Hoochinoo (Hutsnuwu) Indians, a Tlingit tribeHOOD: informal: or ‘hood, a neighborhood and especially an inner-city neighborhood; short for neighborhood; also, short for hoodlum, somewhat old-fashioned: a usually violent criminal or a young person who behaves in a rowdy or intimidating way: a ruffianHOOK: a buttonhook, a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes; also, a buttonhook, an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmageHYDRO: shortened form of hydroelectric powerINDIE: one that is independent, especially: an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company; also, something (such as a record or film) produced by an indie; by shortening & alteration from independentINFO: informationINTRO: introductionJEAN: a durable twilled cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes; or usually jeans: pants usually made of denim or jean, both short for jean fustian from Middle English Gene Genoa, Italy + fustianKOOK: by shortening & alteration from cuckoo: one whose ideas or actions are eccentric, fantastic, or insane: screwballLECH: [noun] [by shortening] letch: craving, specifically: sexual desire; also, a lecher; also [verb] to lustLEGIT: informal: legitimate: accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; being exactly as intended or presented: not spurious or false; genuinely good, impressive, or capable of success; conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards; also, adverb, slang: really, actually —used for emphasisLETCH*: [noun] [by shortening & alteration]: craving, specifically: sexual desire; also, a lecherLIMO: shortened form of limousine, a large luxurious often chauffeur-driven sedan that usually has a glass partition separating the driver's seat from the passenger compartment; also, a large vehicle for transporting passengers to and from an airport; from French, literally, cloak, from Limousin, FranceLIPO: short for liposuction, the surgical removal of local fat deposits (as in the thighs) especially for cosmetic purposesLITHO: short for lithography, the process of printing from a plane surface (such as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent; also for lithograph (verb) to produce, copy, or portray by lithography; also for lithograph (noun) a print made by lithographyLOTTO: a game of chance resembling bingo; from Italian lotto "lottery, game of chance based on guessing numbers drawn from an urn" (originally lotto di Genova "Genoa lottery")LUBE: short for lubricant or lubrication: a lubricant; also, an application of a lubricant: lubrication. M-W define lube only as a noun, not as a verb; NOAD defines lube as a noun and as a verb, “to lubricate (something).”LUBED: short for lubricant or lubrication: a lubricant; also, an application of a lubricant: lubrication. M-W define lube only as a noun, not as a verb; NOAD defines lube as a noun and as a verb, “to lubricate (something).”LUBING: short for lubricant or lubrication: a lubricant; also, an application of a lubricant: lubrication. M-W define lube only as a noun, not as a verb; NOAD defines lube as a noun and as a verb, “to lubricate (something).”LUNCH: lunch; probably short for luncheon, a usually light meal, especially: one taken in the middle of the day; also, the food prepared for a lunch; also, to eat lunch or to treat to lunchLUNK: variant of lunkhead, a stupid or dull-witted person; a doltMACK*: variant spelling of mac: British mackintosh, a raincoat, named for Charles Macintosh †1843 Scottish chemist & inventorMARLIN: a marlinespike, or less commonly marlinspike: a tool (as of wood or iron) [used in marine ropework] that tapers to a point and is used to separate strands of rope or wire (as in splicing)MATH: short for mathematics, the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations; also, a branch of, operation in, or use of mathematicsMAYO: short for mayonnaise, a mixture made chiefly of egg yolks, vegetable oils, and vinegar or lemon juice and used especially as a dressing, condiment, or ingredient; [possible] from French sauce mayonnaise (1806), said by French sources to be corrupted from mahonnaise and to have been named in recognition of Mahon, seaport capital of the island of Minorca [etymonline.com]MEMO: a usually brief written message or report; a memorandumMICRO: a microcomputer or microprocessorMIKE: a microphone; also, to supply with a microphone; by shortening & alteration from microphoneMIKED: a microphone; also, to supply with a microphone; by shortening & alteration from microphoneMIKING: a microphone; also, to supply with a microphone; by shortening & alteration from microphoneMIMEO: a mimeographed publication; from mimeograph, a duplicator for making many copies that utilizes a stencil through which ink is pressed; also, a verb, to mimeograph; from Mimeograph, a trademarkMINI: a minicar, a very small automobile, especially: a subcompact, an automobile smaller than a compactMINI: a miniskirt, a woman's short skirt with the hemline several inches above the kneeMINI: a minicomputer, a small computer that is intermediate between a microcomputer and a mainframe in size, speed, and capacity, that can support time-sharing, and that is often dedicated to a single applicationMITT: M-W: short for mitten; a woman's glove that leaves the fingers uncovered; also, a mitten; also, a baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove made in the style of a mitten; also, slang: the handMORPH: abbreviation of morphologyMOVIE: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television: a motion picture (shortened from moving picture)MULE: less commonly Mule: Moscow mule, a cocktail made of vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice and usually served in a copper mugMUNI*: short for municipal, a security issued by a state or local government or by an authority set up by such a government —usually used in pluralMUTT: a stupid or insignificant person: a fool; short for muttonhead, a dull-witted personNARC: slang: a person (such as a government agent) who investigates narcotics crimes: a narco; also, or less commonly nark, slang: a person who informs on another especially to the authorities: a snitch; also, to give information (as of another's wrongdoing) especially to an authority: to snitch, inform —often used with on; to snitch or inform on (someone): rat —usually used with out; also, slang: a narcissistNARCO: US slang: one who traffics or deals drugs illegally; also: narcotic drugs —usually used before another noun (narco traffic/traffickers, narco smuggling; also, US slang: a person investigating narcotics violations: a narc; borrowed from American Spanish, probably short for narcotraficante "drug trafficker.”NONCOM: a noncommissioned officer: a subordinate officer (such as a sergeant) in the army, air force, or marine corps appointed from among enlisted personnelNOOB: informal: a person who has recently started a particular activity: a newbie: a beginner, novice, newcomer; by shortening from noobie, spelling variant of newbieNUKE: a nuclear-powered electric generating station; also, a nuclear weapon; also, to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs; also, to microwave; by shortening and respelling from nuclearNUKED: to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs; also, to microwave; by shortening and respelling from nuclearNUKING: to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs; also, to microwave; by shortening and respelling from nuclearPANNED: to rotate (a camera, such as a movie camera) so as to keep an object in the picture or secure a panoramic effect (short for panorama); also, to pan a movie or video camera; also, of a camera to undergo panningPANNING: to rotate (a camera, such as a movie camera) so as to keep an object in the picture or secure a panoramic effect (short for panorama); also, to pan a movie or video camera; also, of a camera to undergo panningPANT: variant of, and more commonly pants, chiefly US: an outer garment covering each leg separately and usually extending from the waist to the ankle; sometimes used in the singular form pant especially before another noun and in clothing catalogs (a pant leg, a classic khaki pant); also, of or relating to pants (a pant leg); short for pantaloonsPANTIE: or panty: a woman's or child's undergarment covering the lower trunk and made with closed crotch —usually used in plural; from pants, short for pantaloonsPANTY: or pantie: a woman's or child's undergarment covering the lower trunk and made with closed crotch —usually used in plural; from pants, short for pantaloonsPEKE: often capitalized: Peke, Pekingese, any of a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a broad flat face and a profuse long soft coat; from Peking, former Anglicized name of BeijingPEPPED: to pep, to inject pep into; pep, brisk energy or initiative and high spirits, short for pepperPEPPING: to pep, to inject pep into; pep, brisk energy or initiative and high spirits, short for pepperPEPPY: full of pep, brisk energy or initiative and high spirits, short for pepperPHAGE: a virus that infects bacteria: shortening of bacteriophagePHARMA: a pharmaceutical company; also: large pharmaceutical companies as a group; short for pharmaceuticalPHENOM: a phenomenon, especially: a person of phenomenal ability or promise; by shortening of phenomenonPHONE: a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers: a telephone; a telephone that operates by means of a landline; a cell phone; especially: a smartphone; also, to telephone, to use a telephone; by shortening from telephonePHONED: a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers: a telephone; a telephone that operates by means of a landline; a cell phone; especially: a smartphone; also, to telephone, to use a telephone; by shortening from telephonePHONING: a device by which sound (such as speech) is converted into electrical impulses and transmitted (as by wire or radio waves) to one or more specific receivers: a telephone; a telephone that operates by means of a landline; a cell phone; especially: a smartphone; also, to telephone, to use a telephone; by shortening from telephonePHONO: by shortening of phonograph, an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus or needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc or cylinderPHOTO: a picture or likeness obtained by photography; also, to take a photograph; to appear as an image in a photograph; by shortening of photographPHOTOCELL: short for photoelectric cell, an electronic device whose electrical properties are modified by the action of lightPHOTOG: one who takes photographs: photographer; short for photographerPIANO: a musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard, Italian, short for pianoforte, from gravicembalo col piano e forte, literally, harpsichord with soft and loud; from the fact that its tones could be varied in loudnessPICCOLO: a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute; from Italian, short for piccolo flauto, small flutePINNY: chiefly British: a pinafore, a sleeveless usually low-necked garment fastened in the back and worn as an apron or dress; by shortening & alteration of pinaforePLAT: plateau [by shortening]: several definitionsPLAT: a platoon [by shortening] [several definitions]PLEB: (noun) short for plebeian, a member of the Roman plebs; of or relating to plebeians; also, one of the common peoplePLEBE: probably short for plebeian, a freshman at a military or naval academy; or one of the common people; or an ordinary person who lacks the knowledge of an insiderPLOY: probably from employ, with various meaningsPOLIO: an infectious disease especially of young children that is caused by the poliovirus; short for poliomyelitisPOPPY: characteristic of popular music especially in being catchy or broadly appealing; from pop, short for popularPORKY: by shortening from porcupine, any of various relatively large slow-moving chiefly herbivorous rodents having sharp erectile spines mingled with the hair and constituting an Old World terrestrial family (Hystricidae) and a New World chiefly arboreal family (Erethizontidae)PORN: informal: by shortening from pornography, the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement; also, material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement; also, the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reactionPORNO: by shortening from pornography, a pornographic moviePOTTED: to pot: to shoot with a potshot; to take a potshot, by shortening from potshot, a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy targetPOTTING: to pot: to shoot with a potshot; to take a potshot, by shortening from potshot, a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy targetPROF* : by shortening from professor, a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education; a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school; one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skillPROM: a formal dance given by a high school or college class; short for promenade, a leisurely walk or ride especially in a public place for pleasure or displayPROMO: a promotional announcement, blurb, or appearance; short for promotionalPROP: a property, an article or object used in a play or motion picture except painted scenery and costumes (stage props)PROP: a propellor, one that propels; especially: a device that consists of a central hub with radiating blades placed and twisted so that each forms part of a helical surface and that is used to propel a vehicle (such as a ship or airplane)PYRO: Not in M-W; Collins has slang: a person with a compulsion to set destructive fires; pyromaniacQUAD: short for a quadrangle (multiple definitions) or quadruplet (multiple definitions), or quadraphonicQUANT: an expert at analyzing and managing quantitative data; short for quantitative (analyst)RADIO: of or relating to electric currents or phenomena (such as electromagnetic radiation) of frequencies between about 3000 hertz and 300 gigahertz; also, the wireless transmission and reception of electric impulses or signals by means of electromagnetic waves; also, the use of these waves for the wireless transmission of electric impulses into which sound is converted; also, a radio message; a radio receiving set; also, communication by radio; of, relating to, or used in radio or a radio set; specializing in radio or associated with the radio industry; transmitted by radio (a radio program); making or participating in radio broadcasts (radio broadcaster); controlled or directed by radio (radio model airplanes); also, to send or communicate by radio; to send a radio message to; to send or communicate something by radio; short for radiotelegraphyRAGTAG: motley, made up of many different people or things (a ragtag bunch of misfits); also, ragged, unkempt; shortened from “ragtag and bobtail”RANDO: slang, often disparaging: a random person: a person who is not known or recognizable or whose appearance (as in a conversation or narrative) seems unprompted or unwelcomeRAZZ: [short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart]: a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly: an expression of disapproval or contempt; also, to heckle, to deride (the fans razzed the visiting players)RAZZING: [short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart]: a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly: an expression of disapproval or contempt; also, to heckle, to deride (the fans razzed the visiting players)RHINO: any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hairROACH: a cockroach, any of an order or suborder (Blattodea synonym Blattaria) of chiefly nocturnal insects including some that are domestic pestsROTO*: rotogravure: photogravure, a process for printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods; also, a section of a newspaper devoted to rotogravure picturesTABLEAU: [short for tableau vivant (from French, literally, living picture)] : a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participantsTAILGATE: US: a tailgate party, a social gathering in which food and drinks are served at or near the back end of a parked vehicle (such as a pickup truck) that usually occurs in a parking lot before or after a public event (such as a football game or concert); also, relating to or being a tailgate party also, US: to have a tailgate partyTAILGATING: US: a tailgate party, a social gathering in which food and drinks are served at or near the back end of a parked vehicle (such as a pickup truck) that usually occurs in a parking lot before or after a public event (such as a football game or concert); also, relating to or being a tailgate party also, US: to have a tailgate partyTALC: M-W has only talcum powder, powdered talc, a toilet powder composed of perfumed talc or talc and a mild antiseptic; Collins has “talcum, in British English, noun another name for talc”TARMAC: a tarmacadam road, apron, or runway; from Tarmac, a trademark, which is a shortening of tarmacadam, from tar + macadam, after John Loudon McAdam †1836, Scottish civil engineer who introduced this method of road constructionTARP: a piece of material (such as durable plastic or waterproofed canvas) used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas: a tarpaulinTAXI: a taxicab, an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled; also: a similarly operated boat or aircraft; also, of an aircraft: to go at low speed; also, to transport by or as if by taxi; also, to ride in a taxicab (taxied to the train station); shortened from taxicab, from taximeter cabTAXIED: a taxicab, an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled; also: a similarly operated boat or aircraft; also, of an aircraft: to go at low speed; also, to transport by or as if by taxi; also, to ride in a taxicab (taxied to the train station); shortened from taxicab, from taximeter cabTECH: a technician (lab techs, a computer tech); also, technology; technical; technically; technologicalTEEN: a teenage person: a teenagerTELECOM: telecommunication, technology that deals with telecommunication —usually used in plural; also, the telecommunications industry, —often used before another noun (telecom companies/services, the telecom industry)TEMP: shortened from temperature: degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale; or a temporary worker; also, to work as a temp; or temporary; or [Latin tempore] in the time ofTHOU: a thousand of something (such as dollars)TOADY: one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors: a sycophant; also, to behave as a toady: to engage in sycophancy; shortened from toadeaterTOMTIT: any of various small active birds; probably short for tomtitmouse, from the name Tom + titmouseTOON: a cartoon: such as a comic strip, an animated cartoon; also, a character in an animated cartoon; by shortening from cartoonTRANQ: Not in M-W; Collins has tranq, in British English a shortened form of tranquillizer; also, the street name of the [veterinary] sedative drug xylazine; also, to sedate (an animal), esp by shooting it with a tranquillizer dartTRIG: trigonometry, the study of the properties of triangles and trigonometric functions and of their applicationsTYPO: an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material; short for typographical (error)UMPED: to act as umpire [several definitions; see UMPIRING]UMPING: to act as umpire [several definitions; see UMPIRING]VACAY*: US, informal: vacation, a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (by shortening)VAPE: to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette) that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid; short for vaporVIBE: plural vibes: vibraphone, a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and motor-driven resonators for sustaining the tone and producing a vibratoVIBE: informal: a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed (This place has a good/bad vibe.); —often plural (a place with good vibes [=vibrations]); also, informal: to convey a sense of (a place, a feeling, etc.); short for vibration, a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something and that can be instinctively sensed or experienced —often used in plural; also, a distinctive usually emotional atmosphere capable of being sensed —usually used in pluralVIBED: informal: a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed (This place has a good/bad vibe.); —often plural (a place with good vibes [=vibrations]); also, informal: to convey a sense of (a place, a feeling, etc.); short for vibration, a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something and that can be instinctively sensed or experienced —often used in plural; also, a distinctive usually emotional atmosphere capable of being sensed —usually used in pluralVIBING: informal: a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed (This place has a good/bad vibe.); —often plural (a place with good vibes [=vibrations]); also, informal: to convey a sense of (a place, a feeling, etc.); short for vibration, a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something and that can be instinctively sensed or experienced —often used in plural; also, a distinctive usually emotional atmosphere capable of being sensed —usually used in pluralWACK: slang: of poor skill or quality: not good or appealing; probably alteration of wackyWAYWARD: following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations: ungovernable (a wayward child); opposite to what is desired or expected: untoward (wayward fate); following no clear principle or law: unpredictable; Middle English, short for awayward turned away, from away, adverb + -wardWAYWARDLY: following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations: ungovernable (a wayward child); opposite to what is desired or expected: untoward (wayward fate); following no clear principle or law: unpredictable; Middle English, short for awayward turned away, from away, adverb + -wardWHIZ: or whizz, a wizard, a very clever or skillful person (a math whiz); probably by shortening & alteration of wizardWHIZZ: or whiz, a wizard, a very clever or skillful person (a math whiz); probably by shortening & alteration of wizardWIGGED: wearing a wig, a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head, especially of a specified kind; wig is short for periwig, WIGGY: bewigged, wearing a wig, a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head, especially of a specified kind; wig is short for periwig, WIKI: a website that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections; from WikiWikiWeb, a website with such programming introduced in 1995ZAGGED: to execute a zag, one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course, or one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zig, or a zig, a sharp alteration or change of direction (as in a process or policy) —usually contrasted with zig; shortened from zigzagZAGGING: to execute a zag, one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course, or one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zig, or a zig, a sharp alteration or change of direction (as in a process or policy) —usually contrasted with zig; shortened from zigzagZIGGED: to execute a zig, one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course, or one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zag, or a sharp alteration or change of direction (as in a process or policy);—usually contrasted with zag; shortened from zigzagZIGGING: to execute a zig, one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course, or one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zag, or a sharp alteration or change of direction (as in a process or policy);—usually contrasted with zag; shortened from zigzagZINE: short for magazine (a print periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (such as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated; also: such a periodical published online; also, a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday; also, a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics), especially: a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter
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