diminution

The act or process of becoming less

diminution of consciousness

Diminutive convention

When you can't be bothered to name your variable meaningfully so you u use the first thing that comes to your mind. Usually diminutive. This convention is not yet widely acknowledged

A: Hey, why is your instance of java Calendar called "smallCalendar"
B: Bro don't you see it's inside the for loop?!
A: Oh it's the diminutive convention, sorry