used to form adjectives Having the quality indicated: comfy/ creepy/ swanky
used to form nouns
Diminutive, affectionate, or familiar versions of what is indicated: auntie/ cubby/ thingy/ tootsie/ folksy
Coming from the place or background indicated: Arky/ Okie/ Yalie
A person of the sort indicated: weirdie/ hippy/ sharpy
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers. Cite This Source
