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Line 18: ==Initial clipping, or apheresis== {{main article\|Apheresis (linguistics)}} Initial (or fore) clipping retains the final part of the prototype. Examples: ''bot'' (robot), ''chute'' (parachute), ''roach'' (cockroach~~), ''coon'' (raccoon~~), ''gator'' (alligator), ''phone'' (telephone), ''pike'' (turnpike), ''varsity'' (university), ''net'' (Internet). 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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