Commonly Shortened English Words
Shortened Words
In daily conversations, especially in casual settings, many English words are often shortened. This list aims to help you understand and use these words in informal chats, texts, emails, etc. Want to boost your English vocabulary? Keep reading.
Let's get started!
a second - a sec
"Give me a sec."
"Wait a sec." / "Hold on a sec."
abdominal muscles - abs
"I've been working on my abs a lot lately."
"Do you do ab exercises?"
administration - admin
"That sounds serious. You should file a report with admin."
"He works in admin."
advertisement - ad
"I hate pop-up ads."
"That was an effective ad."
application - app
"I downloaded a new app yesterday."
"It's a useful app."
comfortable - comfy
"This sofa is really comfy."
"You should get a comfy chair."
conversation - convo
"Do you remember our last convo?"
"That's going to be an interesting convo."
delicious - delish
"Lunch was delish."
"Trust me, you'll like it. It's absolutely delish."
fabulous - fab
"You look totally fab!"
"That's fab."
favourite - fave
"Mango is my fave fruit."
"Who's your fave actor?"
identification - ID
"Do you have your ID?"
"You need to show them two pieces of ID."
information - info
"Where did you get that info?"
"Thanks for the info."
laboratory - lab
"Rahul works in admin. Priya works in the lab."
"Did you see the lab experiments?"
limousine - limo
"I've never been in a limo."
"Limos are really expensive."
maximum - max
"Come on, it will cost you 500 rupees max."
"The meeting will be 30 minutes max."
medications - meds
"Did you take your meds today?"
"I forgot to bring my meds on vacation."
overdose - OD
"He OD'd on medicine."
"Careful, you don't want to OD on sweets."
picture - pic
"That's a nice pic."
"Here's a pic from our weekend."
prepare - prep (verb)
"I need more time to prep."
"How well did you prep for your exam?"
preparation - prep (noun)
"This is going to take a lot of prep."
"I need more prep time."
radical - rad
"That movie is so rad."
"That's rad."
referee - ref (noun and verb)
"Who reffed the match?"
"He's a good ref, always fair."
rehabilitate - rehab (verb)
"I've been rehabbing my knee for months."
"The doctor said it will take time to rehab my shoulder."
rehabilitation - rehab (noun)
"She decided to go to rehab."
"I need to go to rehab."
representative - rep (noun)
"She's a sales rep at Tanishq."
"Can I speak to a marketing rep, please?"
represent - rep (verb)
"He repped India at the Olympics."
"Who's repping our company at the conference?"
saxophone - sax
"Does he play any instruments?" "I think he plays the sax."
"I love a good sax solo."
submarine - sub
"Have you ever seen a sub in person?"
"That's an Indian Navy sub."
substitute - sub (noun and verb)
"Could you sub for me in today's meeting?"
"He's our go-to sub for cricket matches."
taxicab - taxi or cab
"I took a taxi to the airport."
"We should call a cab to go to the city centre."
television - TV
"I watched a great show on TV last night."
"The TV in the living room is huge!"
university - uni
"I'm going to uni next year."
"Which uni did you graduate from?"
vegetable - veggie
"I love eating fresh veggies."
"This salad has a lot of colourful veggies."
video - vid
"Check out this funny vid I found."
"I uploaded a new vid to my YouTube channel."
veterinarian - vet
"I took my dog to the vet for a check-up."
"The vet said my cat is healthy."
मराठी
WhatsApp