Fellow abridged short pieces of writing (8)
I believe the answer is:
chapters
'pieces of writing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'fellow abridged short' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'chap' (both can mean a man).
'abridged' means to remove the last letter.
'short' becomes 'terse' (terse can mean short or brusque).
'terse' with its last letter taken off is 'ters'.
'chap'+'ters'='CHAPTERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chapters that I've seen before include "Episodes" , "Divisions of written work" , "Numbered sections of a book" , "Divisions of a book" , "Subdivisions of a written work" .)