One similar part drops outSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
Nearby sounds can make a spoken form shorter
Haplology reduces a syllable or part of one near a similar sound. The colloquial shortening of English library to a form represented as libry is an example. Speech does not always preserve every part suggested by a written word.
A repeated resemblance can lead to a shorter pronunciation.
Summary / translation: Unbubly · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05