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In a final clipping, the most common type in English, the beginning of the prototype is retained. The unclipped original may be either a simple or a composite. Examples include ''ad'' (advertisement), ''cable'' (cablegram), ''doc'' (doctor), ''exam'' (examination), ''fax'' (facsimile), ''gas'' (gasoline), ''gym'' (gymnastics, gymnasium), ''memo'' (memorandum), ''mutt'' (muttonhead), ''pub'' (public house), ''pop'' (popular music), and ''clit'' (clitoris).<ref name="language">[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]] (2003), [[Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew]]. [[Palgrave Macmillan]]. {{ISBN|9781403917232}} / {{ISBN|9781403938695}} [http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781403917232]</ref>{{rp|109}} An example of apocope in Israeli Hebrew is the word ''lehit'', which derives from להתראות ''lehitraot'', meaning "see you, goodbye".<ref name="language" />{{rp|155}}
==Initial clipping, or apheresis, or procope==
{{main article|Apheresis (linguistics)}}
Initial (or fore) clipping retains the final part of the
Final and initial clipping may be combined and result in curtailed words with the middle part of the prototype retained, which is the stressed syllable. Examples: ''flu'' (influenza), ''frig'' or ''fridge'' (refrigerator), ''jams'' or ''jammies'' (pajamas/pyjamas), ''polly'' (apollinaris), ''shrink'' ([[Psychiatrist|head-shrinker]]), ''tec'' (detective).
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