-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 to form adjectives and nouns in the condition humorously indicated •these are all british imports, coming ultimately from public school slang: bonkers/ champers/ preggers/ starkers (1860s+)
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