Category:English shortenings

English terms that are shortened forms of other words or word combinations.

• Category:English abbreviations: English abbreviated words or groups of words.
• Category:English acronyms: English groups of words represented by parts pronounced together as single words.
• Category:English clippings: English words that were formed from another word by removing part of it, but without changing the part of speech.
• Category:English contractions: English shortened words or phrases, deriving from multiple words.
• Category:English ellipses: English terms that are shortened versions of longer expressions.
• Category:English initialisms: English groups of words represented by their beginning parts pronounced separately.
• Category:English pseudo-acronyms: English groups of words that used to represent an acronym but no longer do, or which appear to be acronyms but are not.
• Category:English short forms: English terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.