Informal abbreviation for circumstances, commonly used in casual speech and writing.
Shortened form of circumstances through ellipsis, a common informal British English convention. The plural noun circumstances was clipped to just circs in everyday conversation.
English speakers unconsciously shorten words they use constantly—'circs,' 'convo,' 'probs'—and young people have been doing this for centuries. This informal word shows how language naturally evolves toward efficiency; why say the whole word when everyone understands the shortcut?
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