-pol

Clipping of politics.

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-pol

1. (Internet slang) Used with a country code or abbreviation to form a noun denoting the politics of that country.

   ‎translingual US + ‎-pol → ‎uspol (“US politics”)

   ‎translingual DE + ‎-pol → ‎depol (“German politics”)

Compare the morphologically similar diminutive suffix -pīl.

• IPA^(key): /-poːl/, [-poːɬ]

-pōl (plural -popōl)

1. Used with nouns to form an augmentative or emphatic, denoting largeness, intensity, or importance.

   Synonym: huēyi

   Antonyms: -pīl, tepitōn, -tōn, -tzin

   ‎huēyi (“something large”) + ‎-pol → ‎huēhuēyipōl (“something very large”)

   ‎citlālin (“a star”) + ‎-pol → ‎citlālpōl (“a bright star; the morning star”)

2. Used with nouns to form a pejorative, denoting contempt, disdain, or disapproval.

   ‎huēhueh (“an elderly man”) + ‎-pol → ‎huēhuehpōl (“a vile old man”)

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 194