Talk:List of English apocopations

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It is better without citations, unless in doubtful cases perhaps. And then they should be added so that they don't spoil the look of the list. What do other people thenk? 62.64.227.56 23:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree. Citations are integral to verifiablity. The look of the list can be tweaked to allow for the cites. But I think it more important that the list be verifiable than it be pretty. As well, define "doubtful". In this article, I find "stude" doubtful; others may find "po-mol" as an apocopation of "post-modern" doubtful, but at least it can be verified. Without cites the article is left open to all kinds of neologisms, vandalism, and utter nonsense. --SigPig 04:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Verifiability - anyone with google can do that. Doubtful: if it isn't supported by google, then a citation is needed. Po-mo is ubiquitous. Stude: from the OED stude, n. DRAFT ENTRY Mar. 2003 colloq. (orig. U.S.). Brit. /stjud/, /stud/, U.S. /st(j)ud/ [Shortened < STUDENT n.1] A student. 1912 Cornhusker in Dial. Notes (1914) 4 121 Sterilized water for the studes. Typhoid fever epidemic at its height. 1947 Book (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 23 In Dunedin when I was still a stude. 1989 Rhythm Dec. 67/2 The stude crowd were strangely thin on the ground... I suppose they were all writing essays or something. 2002 Knowledge Aug. 70/4 This will appeal to everyone from studes to nerds. A complete and utter Banger!