Words with Omitted Syllables

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Many times on the Homestar Runner website, some words have had certain syllables omitted, while still trying to mean the full word in question.

Appearances

• Papes is often used as a shortened form of the word "paper".
• Potate is often used as a shortened form of the word "potato".
• Email other days — Strong Bad claims that, around the office, "business casual friday" is known as "Biz Cas Fri" because they have to "abbreve" everything, and later claims that around the office, piemonade is known as p-nade.
• Lappynapped! — Strong Sad is waiting for Strong Bad at "the bus staysh".
• Why Come Only One Girl? — The peanut butter jars on the sleigh are labeled "P. Butt".
• Email what I want — Strong Bad and Marzipan sell bad Decemberween items on Z' ShopChan.
• Decemberween Short Shorts — Coach Z's puke pail is labeled "Puke Pail For Whoev!"
• Email from work — Strong Sad says to Strong Bad, "My work staysh is asking me if I want to log off or log out."
• DNA Evidence — Strong Bad orders "one green app' snowc'".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — Momkins tells Tompkins, "Whatevs little man."
• Email mini-golf — The statue of The Wheelchair at Sweet Puttin' Cakes has a sign next to it that reads "Statch!"
• Email pizza joint — Homestar tries to order "a slice of p-roni, with some t-sauce, and m-rooms". After Strong Bad tries to explain that it's not a real pizza place, he tries again, ordering a calzone with p-loaf and m-cheese. His Virtualpizz.biz avatar then tries again to order a slice of p-roni.
• Rap Song — A sign for a butcher shop reads "Today's Spesh: Coach Z and Peacey P cold rappity rap".
• Sickly Sam's Big Outing — Sickly Sam holds a box of chockle.
• Email love poems — Strong Bad claims that one poetic form is to replace letters with apostrophes, making "It is never, ever over, my lover of clover" into "'Tis ne'er e'er o'er m'lo'er o' clo'er".
• Hremail 62 — Homestar abbreviates "education at the foundation" as "educaysh at the foundaysh".
• 4 Gregs — The Fighting Growlbacks scoreboard shortens "Growlbacks" to "G-backs".
• Kick-A-Ball — Strong Bad signs his modifications to the official rule book "the commish".
• Pistols for Pandas — Crack Stuntman is seen buying a box of cereal from a grocer who wears an apron that reads "grōsh" on it.
• 79 Seconds Left — Strong Bad wishes to become "The Ledge" (short for "The Legend").
• 2 Part Episode: Part 1 — Gunhaver calls the Cheat Commandos "C. C.dos".
• Compy Catalog — The ad for the "family-friendly" Roomy-Vac has a starburst with "The Whole Fam!" written on it.
• In a Quote of the Week extended take of Compy Catalog, Strong Sad declares that "there's no more time for expectasche".
• Email independent — Strong Bad is reading a magazine with a headline of "For your considerasche".

See Also

• Acronyms and Initialisms
• Homophones