Hyph

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A shortened form of the word for the short horizontal mark used to join words or split them across lines, often seen in technical or informal writing
2. An abbreviated written form standing for the joining dash used between parts of compound words or at line breaks
3. A clipped, informal shorthand for the small dash that links words or word parts together

Etymology: Hyph is a clipping of "hyphen," the short dash that joins words like "well-known." "Hyphen" comes from Greek "huph' hen," meaning "under one," built from "hypo," "under," and "hen," "one." The name describes the mark's job: it sits between two parts and binds them into a single unit. The clipped form is simply a shorter, informal name for the same mark.