shorthand notes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It's as if this shorthand is providing easier and quicker means of communication. From Wordnik.com. [LOL: Roger Ebert Responds to Disaster Movie Fan | /Film] Reference
But in a sound bite, commets-laden online culture, a level of shorthand is required. From Wordnik.com. [Rant: Did Batman and Robin Really Screw Things Up THAT Much? « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Later on, I found the strength to disobey and became a specialist in shorthand writing. From Wordnik.com. [JACK LONDON ALIVE] Reference
Without the webkit, moz, and o declarations, the full rule (not in shorthand) would be. From Wordnik.com. [Web Teacher › CSS3 Transitions: The basics] Reference
But this shorthand is Orwellian doublespeak that turns victim into perpetrator and distorts history. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Storozynski: The media's slander of Poland: Ignorance, lazy editing, or malicious libel?] Reference
So next time I feel like bragging, perhaps I will just link back to this post to say, in shorthand, I know you have amazing kids. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
People no longer see the importance of proper grammar or writing skills because they can communicate everything in shorthand code. From Wordnik.com. [Does technology promote literacy or ignorace? « Technology Literacy Help « Literacy Help « Literacy News] Reference
He became a cultural phenomenon, his name shorthand for enlightenment or perversity, depending on how you viewed his pioneering research. From Wordnik.com. [Politics Daily] Reference
The country can be identified in shorthand as England, Britain, the UK, and — "in very exalted moments," as Orwell once wrote — Albion. From Wordnik.com. [That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle] Reference
Jon Aquino's Mental Garden: Yublin shorthand for speed-writing. From Wordnik.com. [Yublin shorthand for speed-writing] Reference
Tell in shorthand about Franco’s fascism and WWII. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Show AND Tell] Reference
The shorthand was a failure; the whole course was a failure. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
But it is referred to as shorthand as V-J Day Commemoration. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
He invented a system of shorthand, which is still known by his name. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
It's now become part of the fabric of our lives, a one-word shorthand for mass tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbine Generation] Reference
We say to ourselves, there's the oak tree, or oh, it's sunny today, but we say it in shorthand. From Wordnik.com. [Synesthesia: the Flavor of Music, the Color of Touch] Reference
You’ve got my point exactly backwards, dude: I was saying, in shorthand, the very same thing you are. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Victims of Communism Day] Reference
I don't usually do film reviews because I don't know shorthand, which is to say I can't take notes fast enough. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Moore and His Movies] Reference
To this class also belong shorthand characters, those who are acquainted with which are called shorthand writers. From Wordnik.com. [On Christian Doctrine, in Four Books] Reference
Social scientists have coined a shorthand for the Western view of adolescence, calling it “storm and stress.”. From Wordnik.com. [Crazy Like Us] Reference
Not only is it short for “no, you can’t do that” as well as “kisses”, but also makes appearances in shorthand. From Wordnik.com. [princess shoes] Reference
Right, because having a hissy fit because someone used the term “Obamacare” as a shorthand is the height of maturity. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Krugman on Health Care:] Reference
No political operative could forget the way French became pejorative shorthand for elitism against John Kerry in the 2004 campaign. From Wordnik.com. [As German as … America - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
We were now a two-word shorthand for the entire savings and loan debacle and the rotten way American political campaigns are financed. From Wordnik.com. [Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire] Reference
You see, the usage of Woods as a slang shorthand for Barack Obama speaks to a certain racial paranoia of the part of folks like Bellavia. From Wordnik.com. [The Post In Which Karl Rove Channels Hall & Oates' Hit Single “Out Of Touch”] Reference
And retreating behind "shorthand" is disingenuous. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Here it is, amended a bit to take out some of the "shorthand". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary & Esther -- A Sad Revelation] Reference
You know, as a kind of shorthand way of saying 'I love lasagna.'. From Wordnik.com. [Design of a Decade: The Greatest Hits of the '00s - Part III] Reference
There was no reason to do "shorthand" when asked a simple question. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Devotees have turned his principles into a kind of shorthand language. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Great' Second Act] Reference
Running a different kind of campaign became "shorthand" for the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Arianna Huffington: Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing] Reference
Sometimes we talk in a kind of shorthand that seems to make our years apart irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter I Gave Away] Reference
Or “WebMuslim” being used as a kind of shorthand for some vaguely defined otherness?. From Wordnik.com. [Japanophilia] Reference
So that's the kind of shorthand that we developed — he makes a sound effect and a gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Interview: Hellboy II's Creature Mastermind - Doug Jones! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
And the title entered our national language as a kind of shorthand for Madison Avenue hypocrite. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: 'Mad Men' Captivates Us. 50 Years Ago, Everyone Was Reading A Novel, 'The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit'] Reference
And the title entered our national language as a kind of shorthand for a Madison Avenue hypocrite. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: Before Mad Men There Was The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit] Reference
RICHARD HAAS, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: The shorthand is the United States can't do an awful lot. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2007] Reference
The Galleria was widely considered to be the birthplace of the "Val" (as Valley Girls would refer to each other in a kind of shorthand). From Wordnik.com. [Valley Girl] Reference
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