2006-09-05 09:32:04 · 13 answers · asked by Thinker 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
So that you can abbreviate it.
Abbr.
2006-09-05 09:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by fickle™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means a fear of long words, and the same reason slang is actually slang for colloquialism, and the same reason abbreviation has an actual abbreviate...it's good to have an ecclectic range of words or life would be dull
2006-09-05 16:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by Emma O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In large part because English hasn't gotten around to building its own words to this Tech age. For the most part, English has a Latin base. "Abbreviated" has
the "ab" at the front which means "toward(s).
The "d" simply means past or a minute ago tense.
The -ate" was used in early English to make verbs/action words into adjectives (descriptive words cf. red, fast)
And the Latin for this is simply "Brevi" meaning "shorten".
In cybernetics (computerese) we might get away with 0byteit.
2006-09-05 16:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"abbreviated" is a long word to you because you are stupid. If you were in any way intelligent "abbreviated" would not seem long at all to you. Good luck at surviving around people with Iq's above a rat's ***.
2006-09-05 16:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is the word for fear of long words such a long word?
hahaha this article is funny http://personal.centenary.edu/~lgame/portfolio/longwords.html
2006-09-05 16:33:26 · answer #5 · answered by spoof ♫♪ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because then the word abbreviation can have an abbr of its own!!
2006-09-09 12:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by supersam82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a word that was born in the tropics and the heat expanded it.
2006-09-05 16:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you could always "abbreviate" it, eh? Ah, meta-humor.
2006-09-05 16:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by drink_more_powerade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos its not abbreviated
2006-09-08 16:59:15 · answer #9 · answered by sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure in your world, it's a long word.
2006-09-05 16:54:05 · answer #10 · answered by Rich N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋