Subs for Too-Long Words
(25% are two syllables
ending in "o." See bold entries.)
| abdominal muscles => abs administrative assistant=> admin advertisement => ad Afro-American hair =>Afro air conditioning => air ammunition => ammo animation => anime automobile => auto biography => bio blotted (drunk) => blotto brazier => bra business => biz calculus => calc carbohydrates => carbs celebrity => celeb chemotherapy => chemo Chevrolet => Chevy chimpanzee => chimp chrysanthemum => mum combination => combo condensation trail => contrail comfortable=> comfy Communist => commie condominium => condo confabulation => confab confidence (game) => con Congregational => Congo congratulations => congrats convict => con cooperative => coöp debutante => deb decaffeinated coffee => decaf delicatessen => deli demonstration => demo discotheque => disco disrespect => dis electronic mail => email exposition => expo ex-wife/husband => ex fabricate => fab fabulous => fab fanatic => fan gentleman => gent God be with ye => goodbye gymnasium => gym hackney => hack head shrinker => shrink high fidelity => hi-fi hiya doin'? => hi homosexual => homo Howard Johnson => HoJo hyperactive => hyper hyperbole => hype hypodermic => hypo improvisation => improv information => info intelligence => intel |
intercommunication system => intercom introduction => intro kleptomaniac => klepto laboratory => lab Labrador retriever => Lab legitimate => legit liberation => lib limousine => limo literature => lit logogram => logo luncheon => lunch mathematics => math maximum => max mayonnaise => mayo medications => meds memorandum => memo methamphetamine => meth microphone => mic, mike miniature => mini modern => mod modification => mod monophonic => mono mononucleosis => mono narcotics => narco neoconservative => neocon nuclear devices => nukes obituary => obit omnibus => bus panorama => pan pantaloons => pants parenthesis => paren pectoral muscles => pecs penitentiary => pen perambulator => pram percolate => perk perquisite => perk perpetrator => perp phonograph => phono photograph => photo physical education => phys ed physiognomy => phiz pianoforte => piano popular => pop pornography => porn, porno Postmodernism => Pomo preliminary => prelim premature baby => premy preparatory => prep prepare => prep professional => pro professor => prof proletariat => prole promotional => promo propeller => prop property (theater) => prop psychology => psych |
psychopathic => psycho quotation => quote rapport => rap recapitulation => recap reconnaissance => recon recreation => rec refinanced mortgage => refi refrigerator => fridge rehabilitation => rehab reinforcement bar => rebar representative => rep repossession => repo reproduction => repro requisition => req retrospective => retro reverberation => reverb revision => rev revolutions => revs rhinoceros => rhino saxophone => sax schizophrenic => schizo science fiction => sci fi second => sec semitrailer => semi servomechanism => servo situation comedy => sitcom sodium hyposulfite => hypo south of Houston => SoHo specification => spec statistics => stats stenography = > steno stereophonic => stereo Stradivarius => Strad submarine => sub substitute => sub superintendent => super synchronization => sync, synch synchronous => synchro tar macadam => tarmac tarpaulin => tarp technology => tech telephone => phone temporary help => temp topographical => topo tugboat => tug turbocharger => turbo typographical error => typo vacuum => vac vegetables=> vegies vegetate => veg veteran => vet veterinarian => vet vibraphone => vibes vibrations => vibes violoncello => cello Web log =>blog weird person => weirdo Wireless Fidelity => Wi-Fi |