The examples you gave me is that’s exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks! But to make it clear, here you’ve got a definition and some examples of clippings.
clipping – a process denoting the subtraction of one or more syllables from a word.
Examples of different types of clipping:
fore-clipping: phone < telephone, burger < hamburger, plane < aeroplane
back-clipping: turps < turpentine, bike < bicycle, mike < microphone
mixed clipping: van < advantage, flu < influenza, fridge < refrigerator
clipping compounds: sci-fi <science fiction, sitcom < situational comedy, biopic < biographical picture
o-clippings: limo < limousine, rhino < rhinoceros, aggro < aggressive, evo < evening
y-hypocoristics (typical of Australian English): barbie < barbecue, brekky < breakfast, leckie < lecture