-s
suffix
- (genitival adverbial suffix or interfix)
suffix
- (hypocoristic diminutive suffix)
suffix
- (noun plural suffix)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /s/ / /z/ / /ɪz/
suffix
Etymology: Modern sense in slang [circa 1936]. According to OED, a colloquial clipping of the hypocoristic diminutive suffix -sy. As AHD writes, -sy itself usually being informal, ironic and/or jocular, and possibly a combination of -s (“plural marker”) and conflation of -y as adjectival with its sense as a diminutive suffix (e.g., puppy, kitty), the latter notion probably from Scots.
- Hypocoristic suffix
“Babs; moms; pops; homes; toots”
verb
Etymology: Derived from 's.
- Alternative spelling of 's.
“whats he talking about”