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Sometimes suffixes are added, which make the words longer again.  Preggers – pregnant  Barbie – barbecue  27. Conversion Conversion, also known as reclassification, zero derivation or functional shift, is a phenomenon, where a word, without adding any affixes, is being used in a different word class. Conversion is productive in English.  Noun to verb o Bottle, pot, highlight, fingerprint, holiday, nuke, friend (defriend, unfriend), skyrocket, trash talk, emcee  Verb to noun o Catch, bounce, meet, swim  Adjective to verb o Dirty,  Past participle to adjective o Broke, drunk,  Phrasal verb to noun o Breakdown, break-in, break-off, breakthrough, setback, setup,  Closed class words o The ins and outs o The whys and wherefores  Affixes