those shortened versions are so common, they're not just teen slang, that it would almost be weird if someone said the complete word every time. Just because we say these doesn't mean we don't know the full word. I know none of my friends that say brassiere and only one of my friends says condominium but it's just 'cause it has the word condom in it...
I cannot find my brassiere! I must have left is at that bisexuals condominium when we were playing Monopoly, Sorry!, The Game of Life, et cetera.
Thank you. For catching the et cetera thing not for no waying.
haha oops I actually meant to do the opposite.
those shortened versions are so common, they're not just teen slang, that it would almost be weird if someone said the complete word every time. Just because we say these doesn't mean we don't know the full word. I know none of my friends that say brassiere and only one of my friends says condominium but it's just 'cause it has the word condom in it...
I didn't even know "bra" was short for something...
I think it's short for brassiere. But nobody actually calls it that anymore.
Or Brazzers...
No?
Yeah brassiere or brazier.
Is etc used as an example or not.
Like PacSun!
I didn't know PacSun was short for anything
In one of the malls around where I live, it actually says "Pacific Sunwear" and people still don't know.
it says Pacific Sunwear at the mall near where I live too. That's how I learned. I knew the Pac stood for Pacific though.
I guess they're doing it on purpose. It use to be Pacific Sunwear