Time flies, even for words! These 12 common terms used to be much longer

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Time is of the essence Time flies, even for words! These 12 common terms used to be much longer 3 min. Blame it on the faster pace of modern life, practicality, or whatever else you can think of, but the tendency to optimize time has seeped into our everyday lives and even into our language. Many formal words have been trimmed into shorter versions of themselves, often starting as slang and then becoming standard speech. Did you ever use any of the following words in their longer form? Read full article

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