Beheading
*postings on the word-formation scheme: Mod + Head > Mod ‘Mod + Head’, especially Adj + N > Adj ‘Adj + N’ (nouning by truncation), N1 + N2 > N1 ‘N1 + N2’
☛ 1/6/10: Conversion by truncation:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/01/06/conversion-by-truncation/]
with greenhouse ‘greenhouse gases’ N
and some Adj examples: experimental / social / clinical [psychology] plus (from various sources): fatal ‘fatal accident, (driving) fatality’;
creative, in several senses, including ‘creative person’;
social ‘Social Security number’;
social ‘social networking’;
Indian ‘Indian restaurant’;
viral ‘viral video’;
physical/mental ‘physical/mental work’;
attending ‘attending physician’ [in the OED as of June 2009]
☛ BZ, 7/31/10: Lou Gehrig’s crash blossom:
[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2508]
X’s for X’s disease: Lou Gehrig’s and Hodgkin’s (for Hodgkin’s lymphoma), Alzheimer’s (for Alzheimer’s disease), Parkinson’s (for Parkinson’s disease), Asperger’s (for Asperger’s syndrome) and — in the UK at least — Down’s (for Down’s syndrome)
☛ 8/9/10: Data points: nouning, zero plurals 8/9/10:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/08/09/data-points-nouning-zero-plurals-8910/]
inflatable ‘inflatable figure/doll’ Adj, background ‘background actor/player’ N
☛ 2/28/11: Seltzer aperient:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/02/28/seltzer-aperient/]
aperient [medicine, article of diet] from aperient ‘opening the bowels, laxative’
☛ 6/9/11: Forensics:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/06/09/forensics/]
forensic ‘forensic science department, laboratory, etc.’; epistolary [novel]
☛ 6/19/11: Doing a solid:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/06/19/doing-a-solid/]
solid ‘favor’, possibly from solid dope / hash / etc.; solid [pipe] (vs. hollow pipe);
solid [information] ‘straight dope’
☛ 9/12/12: micropolitans:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/09/12/micropolitans/]
micropolitan [area], metropolitan [area]
☛ 11/2/12: Who’s your primary?:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/11/02/whos-your-primary/]
primary ‘primary care physician’:
☛ 11/27/12: Truncated lame duck:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/11/27/truncated-lame-duck/]
lame duck for ‘lame duck Congress/session’
☛ 12/15/12: The masochism spectrum:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/03/26/the-masochism-spectrum/]
anal [sex] (similarly oral)
☛ 12/15/12: Language play log:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/12/15/language-play-log/]
“I love oral, but I don’t do anal”
☛ 4/6/13: husband:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/06/husband/]
husband ‘husband pillow’
☛ 4/13/13: Manliness and money:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/13/manliness-and-money/]
Zippy: maple glazed [doughnut]
☛ 5/1/13: penultimate:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/01/penultimate/]
ultimate [Frisbee]
☛ 6/1/14: May-June turnover:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/06/01/may-june-turnover/]
#2: chewables ‘chewable vitamins’ (note that remnant inherits plurality from the source)
☛ 6/2/14: Coping with the new:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/06/02/coping-with-the-new/]
N ten-k / ten-kilometer [race]
☛ 8/26/14: More cheese, and conversion by truncation:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/08/26/more-cheese-and-conversion-by-truncation/]
scrambled [eggs] Adj, chihuahua / Chihuahua [cheese] N: At a hotel in Chicago recently, at the breakfast buffet, they were serving some dish with egg, meat, and cheese, with a little sign saying “Scrambled with chorizo sausage and chihuahua.”
☛ 9/2/14: Let’s get Mexican:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/09/02/lets-get-mexican/]
Rhymes With Orange: “Let’s get Mexican”; plus an Andy Singer cartoon, an Amity Motor Inn quote, and “Italian for dinner”
☛ 9/7/14: geosocial:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/09/07/geosocial/]
geosocial [networking]
☛ 2/9/15: Hash brown built in:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/02/09/hash-brown-built-in/]
hash browns ‘hash brown potatoes’ (note: remnant inherits plurality from the source)
☛ 4/2/15: Truncation notes:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/04/02/truncation-notes/]
graveyard ‘graveyard shift’ and barking ‘barking mad’ Deg (remnant of Deg + Adj)
☛ 4/7/15: Specialists in international:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/04/07/specialists-in-international/]
international ‘international mail/shipping/delivery’
☛ 7/17/15: beat a urine:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/07/17/beat-a-urine/]
urine ‘urine test’ N
☛ 12/3/17: Off with their heads!:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/12/03/off-with-their-heads/]
about beheading, with previously unblogged examples
☛ 1/10/18: Puns and metatheses:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/01/10/puns-and-metatheses/]
town hall ‘town hall meeting’
☛ 1/12/18: STIR FRYS:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/01/12/stir-frys/]
French fries, home fries as beheadings
☛ 5/16/18: There oughta be a word:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/05/16/there-oughta-be-a-word/]
Chinese ‘Chinese food’
☛ 7/17/18: Avoid needless menu words:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/07/18/avoid-needless-menu-words/]
Swiss ‘Swiss cheese’; ham and Swiss ‘ham and Swiss sandwich’; in a comment, ranch ‘ranch dressing’
☛ 7/20/18: Beheaded pizza:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/07/20/beheaded-pizza/]
pepperoni ‘pepperoni pizza’ and deep-dish ‘deep-dish pizza’
☛ 10/31/18: A reading:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/10/31/a-reading/]
from 0 to 60 and other beheadings of units of measure
☛ 11/29/18: A grotesque word:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/11/29/a-grotesque-word/]
gar for garfish; Zippy strip with Dunkin’ for Dunkin’ Donuts and more
☛ 3/14/19: Caribou with a pair:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/03/14/caribou-with-a-pair/]
pair for pair of balls
☛ 5/21/19: homeworks:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/05/21/homeworks/]
homework for homework assignment; e-mail for e-mail message; beheading and communities of practice; beheading and ambiguity
☛ 10/28/19: Fried pickles with ranch:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/10/28/fried-pickles-with-ranch/]
beheadings in fried pickles with ranch
☛ 1/1/20: Usage notes frm the kitchen:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/01/01/usage-notes-from-the-kitchen/]
beheading of stainless steel to stainless
☛ 2/7/21: The bull validates Peter’s family:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/02/07/the-bull-validates-peters-family/]
beheading of parking card/ticket to parking
☛ 3/3/21: Beheaded spots:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/03/03/beheaded-spots/]
beheading of spot illustration to spot, and other beheading sources of spot
☛ 8/5/21: The mirror of the manatee:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/08/05/the-mirror-of-the-manatee/]
vanity for vanity table