Loanwords

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Eponyms

the names of a person or place wellington

backclippings

removing the end of a longer word doctor / doc

foreclippings

removing the start of a longer word telephone / phone

double clippings

removing the start and end of a longer word influenza / flu

blends

Combining two clips brunch

acronyms

combining the first letter of each word from a string NATO / LOL

Initialisms

pronounced by spelling out the first letter of each word BBC / USA

Back-formations

Removing an affix from a longer word editor / edit