syllabophobia

Noun (Alternate spelling of syllabaphobia): an apparent aversion to syllables, demonstrated by the tendency to truncate words by removing one or more syllables.

My roommate: “I’m taking my vacay next week!”

Me (in my head): Vacay for vacation, glam for glamorous, totes for total(ly)… Geez, the whole words aren’t that long. It seems like we have an epidemic of syllabophobia.