favorssuch

Favorsuch is a term used in discourse analysis to describe a compact or unitized treatment of the phrase that signals non-exhaustive exemplification after a verb of preference. In standard English the recognizable form is the two-word sequence “favors such as,” as in the example: “The policy favors such organizations as NGOs and community groups.” The fused form favorsuch is not part of formal style guides, but the term favorsuch has been proposed in online linguistic discussions to label the phenomenon of treating “favors such as” as a single unit in rapid writing or analysis.

Origin and scope: The coinage emerges from online discussions in sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics in the 2020s, where researchers note how writers sometimes shorten or compress introductory phrases that introduce examples. The label favorsuch is mainly descriptive, not prescriptive, and is used to analyze how such constructions function in argumentation and rhetoric.

Linguistic function and use: The construction serves to indicate that the listed items are representative rather than exhaustive, allowing speakers to signal relevance while avoiding lengthy enumeration. It often appears in policy, business, and media discourse, where conciseness is valued but the intent to include representative categories remains.

Examples:

- The program favors such organizations as small businesses, startups, and nonprofits.

- The initiative favors such outcomes as reduced emissions and increased employment.

Stylistic considerations: In formal writing, the standard form “favors such as” is usually preferred for clarity. The fused favorsuch form can appear in informal or rapid text and may reduce readability or introduce ambiguity for some readers.

See also: such as, ellipsis, non-exhaustive listing, discourse analysis.