Word of the Day - Syncope

[StarSong]

Syncope: noun
pronounced (sing'-kuh-pee)
Definition: The contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle.

Probly is an oft-heard syncope version of probably.

 

[horseless carriage]

Syncope, as in word contraction, often gets used to humorous effect when confused with syncopation. The latter being a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.

 

[StarSong]

I'd heard of "syncope" as a medical term, because I've been diagnosed with vasovagal syncope, which is a sudden loss of consciousness (fainting) due to illness or emotional stress. My heart rate and BP suddenly drop, and so do I.

 

[Alligatorob]

Syncope: noun
pronounced (sing'-kuh-pee)
Definition: The contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle.

Kind of the opposite of the Southern tendency to add syllables:

• “Floor” (FLO-wurr),
• “tail” (TAY-yull), “God” (GAH-wud),
• “Bed” (BAY-yud), “fan” (FAY-unn),
• “him” (HEE-yulm),
• “sand” (SAY-yend),
• “it” (EE-yit),
• “leg” (LAY-yig),
• “Fred” (FRAY-yed),
• "tire" (TIE-yurr)

 

[StarSong]

Kind of the opposite of the Southern tendency to add syllables:

• “Floor” (FLO-wurr),
• “tail” (TAY-yull), “God” (GAH-wud),
• “Bed” (BAY-yud), “fan” (FAY-unn),
• “him” (HEE-yulm),
• “sand” (SAY-yend),
• “it” (EE-yit),
• “leg” (LAY-yig),
• “Fred” (FRAY-yed),
• "tire" (TIE-yurr)

Epenthesis is the word for the addition of syllables or sounds.

(When I posted syncope this morning I couldn't help but wonder about the addition of syllables as in the word realtor (real-uh-tor) and sometimes for emphasis - as in please (puh-leez). Figured there had to be a word for it, and indeed there is!

 

[Right Now]

Syncope happens when he's engrossed in telling his adventures.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I'd heard of "syncope" as a medical term, because I've been diagnosed with vasovagal syncope, which is a sudden loss of consciousness (fainting) due to illness or emotional stress. My heart rate and BP suddenly drop, and so do I.

That's the context in which I know it too, @StarSong Or as we say down South, "He done fell out." =P

 

[Paco Dennis]

cam(e)ra, fam(i)ly, fav(o)rite, mem(o)ry, veg(e)table, and butt(o)ning

 

[Mizmo]

Syncope happened a lot in many poems and songs from the 1700/1800's.

 

[debodun]

Syncope is also a medical term meaning a fainting spell.

 

[StarSong]

Syncope is also a medical term meaning a fainting spell.

Yes. As I mentioned in post #3, it's the only definition I knew prior to learning this one. .