Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms

[Jeff Prucher]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 6:26:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Ben's rando, Virginia's retronyms

>
> Several of  these non-pejorative Aussie-style truncations + "-o" (let's
> call them  "truncos") are getting popular in business circles. Along
> with "convo",  there's "preso" for "presentation", "reco" for
> "recommendation", and "illo"  for "illustration". More discussion in
> the comments  here:


Illo dates back at least to the 1940s in SF fandom (BNW has 1945, which is
probably late).

Jeff
 Editor, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction. Now in
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