The clipping of words is a harmless habit, used less for speed in spoken communication than for its sense of novelty or insiderness.

He walked on and on through illlit streets, fearing to stand still for a moment lest it might seem that he held back from what awaited him.

For all that, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did hold a 52-minute phone conversation Monday about getting a new stimmy done anyway, according to Pelosi's Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill.

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