Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutated contraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tat-ed -con-trac-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An etymological phenomenon when a new word or slang term develops from shortening and slightly altering a longer word.

Example Sentences

"Mutated contractions often form diminutive and pejorative terms, such as "Newfie" and "fundie"."

Inflected Forms

mutated contractions (plural)

Questions

What does mutated contraction mean?: An etymological phenomenon when a new word or slang term develops from shortening and slightly altering a longer word.

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