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Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Apocopate, a-pok′o-pāt, v.t. to cut off the last letter or syllable of a word:—pr.p. apoc′opāting; pa.p. apoc′opāted.—ns.

They both want to be adored, as Ian Brown would have it, although he would have said "wanna" – suburban kids Pockson and Matthews are far too posh to apocopate.