Can you identify these clippings ?

Do you remember my last week's entry about clippings ? Remember, clipped words are short abbreviation of words, produced through apocope (loss of the final part of the word); apheresis (loss of the beginning of the word) and syncope (loss of the beginning and ending in a the word, while the middle part is kept).Well, today I propose you a little exercise : you will be provided with the appropriate clippings and you will have to guess the long word out of which those clippings were formed. This exercise will let you know some really interesting and common clippings. In the table down below, you will receive the clipping of a longer word. You will have to guess what the longer word is. Try to do it by yourselves and then check the answers at the bottom of the page. Ready ?

From : http://blog.writeathome.com/index.php/2016/06/clipped-words/

1. Have a look at the clippings below and try to guess the long word from which they originated. Decide which words are produced through apocope (loss of the ending of a word), syncope (loss of beginning and ending) and apheresis (loss of the beginning of a word). Then check your answers in the chart down below.

Clipping	Long word
1. ad / advert
2. math / maths
3. alum
4. veg / veggie
5. celeb
6. comfy
7. telly
8. hols
9. photo
10. phone
11. plane
12. gents
13. lab
14. exam
15. chute
16. fridge
17. gas
18. gym
19. pub
20. pop
21. flu
22. specs
23. hon
24. info
25. fan
26. champ
27. burger
28. memo
29. dorm
30. stats
31. grad
32. bike
33. rec
34. vac
35. fab
36. congrats
37. lib
38. vocab
39. prep
40. condo
41. physio
42. mayo
43. Deli
44. comp
45. ref
46. doc
47. vet
48. prof
49. fed
50. limo
51. Mick
52. Will
53. Ted
54. Nick
55. Liz

2. Answers

Clipping	Long word
1. ad / advert	advertisement (apocope)
2. math / maths	mathematics (apocope)
3. alum	alumnus / alumna / alumni / alumnae (apocope)
4. veg / veggie	vegetable (apocope)
5. celeb	celebrity (apocope)
6. comfy	comfortable (apocope)
7. telly	television (apocope)
8. hols	holidays (apocope)
9. photo	photograph (apocope)
10. phone	telephone (apheresis)
11. plane	aeroplane / airplane (apheresis)
12. gents	gentlemen (apocope)
13. lab	laboratory (apocope)
14. exam	examination (apocope)
15. chute	parachute (apheresis)
16. fridge	refrigerator (syncope)
17. gas	gasoline (apocope)
18. gym	gymnasium (apocope)
19. pub	public (apocope)
20. pop	popular music (apocope)
21. flu	influenza (syncope)
22. specs	spectacles / specifications / speculations (apocope)
23. hon	honey (apocope)
24. info	information (apocope)
25. fan	fanatic (apocope)
26. champ	champion (apocope)
27. burger	hamburger (apheresis)
28. memo	memorandum (apocope)
29. dorm	dormitory (apocope)
30. stats	statistics (apocope)
31. grad	graduate (apocope)
32. bike	bicycle (apocope) / motorbike (apheresis)
33. rec	record / recreation park / recreational (apocope)
34. vacs	vacation / vacuum cleaner (apocope)
35. fab	fabulous / fabrication plant (apocope)
36. congrats	congratulations (apocope)
37. lib	liberation (apocope)
38. vocab	vocabulary (apocope)
39. prep	preparation / preparatory / prepare (apocope)
40. condo	condominium (apocope)
41. physio	physiotherapist (apocope)
42. mayo	mayonnaise (apocope)
43. Deli	Delicatessen (apocope)
44. comp	complimentary / compensation / composition (apocope)
45. ref	reference / referee (apocope)
46. doc	doctor / document (apocope)
47. vet	veterinary / veterinarian (apocope)
48. prof	professor (apocope)
49. fed	federal (apocope)
50. limo	limousine (apocope)
51. Mick / Mike	Michael (apocope)
52. Will / Bill	William (apocope)
53. Ted	Theodore (syncope)
54. Nick	Nicholas (apocope)
55. Liz	Elizabeth (syncope)

This is all for now. I hope you can integrate clippings into your spoken English successfully and, more important, I hope you can get to identify most clippings ! Do you know any other clippings ? Please, post them in a comment !