Clipping - Words

Words

  • Clipping (publications), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
  • Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
  • Clipping (morphology), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement

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Famous quotes containing the word words:

    Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
    Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Acts, 9:4.

    the words of Christ to Saul (St. Paul)

    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
    acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
    Bible: Hebrew Psalm XIX (l. XIX, 14)

    The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
    Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)