Clippings from one word prototypes in the Enjlish language

The article is devoted to the study of clippings as one of the types of abbreviated words. In it, the targeted group of units is considered from the point of view of their thematic aspect, their structure which is identified on the basis of comparison with one-word prototypes. In addition, a number of their linguistic characteristics are given, as well as examples of functioning in media texts. .