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Clipping words is obvi a trend that dates to the 1920s
Grant Barrett
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2008/11/30 - 7:58am

Trend Story: Y Abbrev?. All around the country, high school and college students are "abbreving" – using shortened forms of common words – in everyday spoken conversation as well as in text messages, instant messages, and emails.

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