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Fri 18 Oct, 2013 02:25 pm
In linguistics, a derivation derives a new word from an existing word by adding or removing an affix (prefix or suffix).
I'm interested only in clipped words since I have to research whether clipping is a productive process.
@fresco,
That's what I mean, thanks
@fresco,
Now THAT is a word I've never heard before. It has to be an americanism.
What else is lurking out there?
Debus? Deboat? Depool? Decar?
@roger,
I think it's just a clipped word, not a derivation