-erel
variant of -rel.
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- -erino
-erino suffix used to form nouns (also -arino or -orino) a humorous version or a remarkable specimen of what is indicated: peacherino/ b-tcherino [1900+; probably fr the italian diminutive suffix -ino combined with the agentive suffix -er]
- -ern
an adjective suffix occurring with names of directions: northern; southern.
- -eroo
a suffix that creates familiar, usually jocular variations of semantically more neutral nouns; normally added to monosyllabic bases, or merged with bases ending in -er: flopperoo; smackeroo; switcheroo. -eroo suffix used to form nouns (also -aroo or -roo or -oo) emphatic, humorous, or affectionate form of what is indicated: babyroo/ floperoo/ jivaroo/ screameroo/ sockeroo (1930s+)
- -erooney
-arooney suffix used to form nouns a added to imply familiarity or humor: this little cararooney’s got only 10,000 miles on her
- -ers
a semantically empty suffix that creates informal variations of more neutral nouns and adjectives by processes of truncation identical to those of -er7. (champers; preggers; starkers); unlike that suffix, however, -ers, is apparently productive, and words formed with it do not appear to belong to a restricted linguistic register, as university slang. -ers suffix used […]