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Submitted by J. Edward Varallo, RMR, CRR

#PP01

Think Root Word + Suffix

AOIZ ~ize ~izable
AOIFD ~ized ~izably
AOIFG ~izing  
AOIFR ~izer ~izability
SAIGS ~ization ~izabilities
SAIGSZ ~izations  

SIFL civil
STIG/MAT stigmat~
HAR/MON harmon~
GAL/VAN galvan~
KAT/GOR categor~
KAU/TER cauter~
SMAR summar~
FRA/TERN fratern~
KPAOURT computer
MAORT amort~
KARKT character
FORM/AL formal
D*E/KR-L decriminal~
D*E/HU/MAN dehuman
PROP/GAND propagand~
NAL natural
LEL legal
BURG/LAR burglar
MIL/TAR militar~
VIRB/WAL visual
RARBL rational
SOD/OM sodom~
FAM familiar
SIN/KRON synchron~
OP/TIM optim~
VIK/TIM victim
STRAL central
HOS hospital
ME/TABL metabol~
RAD/KAL radical
MAG/NET magnet

#PP02

Familiar Briefs

YOBL I don't believe
YOBLS I don't believe so
YOK I don't care
YOD I don't do
YOFL I don't feel
YOGT I don't get
YOG I don't go
YOF I don't have
YON I don't know
YOM I don't mean
YOMD I don't mind
YORL I don't recall
YORZ I don't recognize
YORKT I don't recollect
YOR I don't remember
YOS I don't say
YOZ I don't see
YONG I don't think
YONGS I don't think so
YONDZ I don't understand

#PP03

Expand the Potential!
(Good briefs should be exploited)

YOUBL you don't believe
YOUBLS you don't believe so
YOUK you don't care
YOUD you don't do
YOUFL you don't feel
YOUGT you don't get
YOUG you don't go
YOUF you don't have
YOUN you don't know
YOUM you don't mean
YOUMD you don't mind
YOURL you don't recall
YOURZ you don't recognize
YOURKT you don't recollect
YOUR you don't remember
YOUZ you don't see
YOUNG you don't think
YOUNGS you don't think so
YOUNDZ you don't understand

#PP04

Be Creative!

U/JOBL you just don't believe
EU/JOBL I just don't believe
U/JOFL you just don't feel
EU/JOFL I just don't feel
U/JOGT you just don't get
EU/JOGT I just don't get
U/JORL you just don't recall
EU/JORL I just don't recall
U/JORZ you just don't recognize
EU/JORZ I just don't recognize
U/JONG you just don't think
EU/JONG I just don't think
 
BONUS: Add the asterisk to any of the above
outlines to indicate the contraction "written out."
 
YO*BL I do not believe
YO*UF you do not have
EU/JO*RL I just do not recall

#PP05

The Missing A

above BOF
among MONG
again GEN
agree GRAE
applicable PLIK/ABL
any NI
against GENS
agreement GRAEMT
adopt DOPT
allow LOU
appear PAER
appeal PAEL
approach PROEFP
announce NOUNS
atomic TOM/*IK
assembly SEM/BLI
assume SAOM
attach TAFP
assault SAULT
analysis NAL/SIS
abandon BAN/DON
annexation NEKS/AIGS
amortization MORT/SAIGS
aggressive GRES/*IF
arrive RAOIF
analogous NAL/GUS
abundance BUN/DANS
abysmal BIS/MAL
analogy NALG
academy KAD/MI
according KORGD
accuse KAOUS
achievement KHAEFMT
acoustic KAOS/TIK
anachronism NAK/RON/IFM
acid SID

#PP06

Son of Missing A
(What works for the initial a can work for many words beginning with e)

escape SKAIP
escort SKORT
estimate STIMT
equal KWAL
equipped KWIPD
escalate SKLAIT
elastic LAS/TIK
element L-MT
elect LEKT
election LEKS
electron LEK/TRON
electronic LEK/TRO*NG
esophageal SOF/JAOEL
escrow SKROE
electrician LEK/TRIGS
estrogen STRO/JEN
Elizabeth LIZ/B*ET
estoppel STOP/PEL
erupt RUPT
erotic ROT/*IK
erosion ROEGS
equation KWAIGS
egregious GRAOEJS
Egyptian JIPGS
eliminate LIM/NAIT
erroneous ROEN/YUS

#PP07

Missing A Extended Family

Let's not have words beginning with i or o feel left out. Here's
a few candidates for consistency:

ironic RON/*IK
illuminate LUM/NAIT
Iranian RAIN/YAN
Italian TAL/YAN
italics TAL/IKS
Irish RIRB
inactive NAK/TIF
initiate NIRB/YAIT
inertia NER/SHA
issue SHAO
ineligible NEL/JIBL
innocuous NOK/U/US
 
opponent POENT
official FIRBL
obituary BIFP/WAER
obesity BAOES/TI
originate RIJ/NAIT
operate PRAIT
oblivious BLIF/YUS
oblige BLAOIJ
obligate BLIG/AIT
obliterate BLIT/ERT
obligatory BLIG/TOER
occur KUR
Olympic LIFRP/*IK
occurrence KURNS

#PP08

Let's Make Life Easier

A good family of briefs need not necessarily be lengthy to be useful.
Be on the lookout in your everyday work for two- and three-word
phrases you can usefully brief.

TWOP two-page
TWOPD two-page document
TWOPS two pages
 
WUP one-page
WUPD one-page document
 
THRAOEP three-page
THRAOEPS three pages
THRAOEPD three-page document
 
FOURP four-page
FOURP four-page document
FOURPS four pages
 
OIP opposite
OIPS opposite side
OIPD opposite direction
 
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