Shorthand
noun
A quick way of writing by using symbols for common words or phrases.
She quickly took down his orders using shorthand.
Often appears as...
- shorthand writing
- shorthand notation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A simple and quick way to say or write something.
In the fashion world, the label 'posh' is shorthand for expensive high-quality.
Often appears as...
- shorthand for
- in shorthand
noun
A quick way of writing by using symbols for common words or phrases.
She quickly took down his orders using shorthand.
Often appears as...
- shorthand writing
- shorthand notation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A simple and quick way to say or write something.
In the fashion world, the label 'posh' is shorthand for expensive high-quality.
Often appears as...
- shorthand for
- in shorthand
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Time Saver
Shorthand helps you write quickly, perfect for taking notes during speeches or classes.
Learning shorthand helped her keep up with the lecturer's pace.
Pro Tip 2/3Specialized Skill
Requires study to master its symbols and speed, often used by professionals like journalists or secretaries.
Court reporters must be proficient in shorthand.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Universal
Many shorthand systems exist, so not every symbol is understood the same way by everyone.
Her shorthand was so unique, nobody else could decipher it.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Saver
Shorthand helps you write quickly, perfect for taking notes during speeches or classes.
Learning shorthand helped her keep up with the lecturer's pace.
Pro Tip 2/3Specialized Skill
Requires study to master its symbols and speed, often used by professionals like journalists or secretaries.
Court reporters must be proficient in shorthand.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Universal
Many shorthand systems exist, so not every symbol is understood the same way by everyone.
Her shorthand was so unique, nobody else could decipher it.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Saver
Shorthand helps you write quickly, perfect for taking notes during speeches or classes.
Learning shorthand helped her keep up with the lecturer's pace.
Pro Tip 2/3Specialized Skill
Requires study to master its symbols and speed, often used by professionals like journalists or secretaries.
Court reporters must be proficient in shorthand.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Universal
Many shorthand systems exist, so not every symbol is understood the same way by everyone.
Her shorthand was so unique, nobody else could decipher it.
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Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
on the issues of gender sexual assault, domestic violence, relationship abuse, sexual harassment, sexual abuse of children. That whole range of issues that I'll refer to in shorthand as "gender violence issues," they've been seen as women's issues that some good men help out with, but I have a problem with that frame and I don't accept it.
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Chaos in the Heart of...
by the shorthand that we sort of all default to CAR, so if you are confused that's what I am talking about. This is a map from a high school geography book. And it shows the ethnic groups. And there are more than 50 ethnic groups and sub-groups. It's also a nation filled with treasure literally.
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How to create a great...
and the home depot work by telling you exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc
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The new urgency of...
has fallen below levels that make them economic. Is the shorthand of what's happened there that electric cars and electric technologies and solar and so forth have helped drive down the price of oil to the point where huge amounts of the reserves
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Susan Blackmore: Memes...
So, think of it this way. Imagine a world full of brains and far more memes than can possibly find homes. The memes are all trying to get copied -- trying, in inverted commas -- i.e., that's the shorthand for, if they can get copied, they will.
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Wendy MacNaughton: The...
It's an icon. It's visual shorthand, and it's how we look at so much of our world today. See, we have so much information coming at us all the time, that our brains literally can't process it, and we fill in the world with patterns.
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Why do people join...
That grizzly image has since been immortalized as shorthand slang for single-minded cult-like thinking, "They drank the Kool-aid." Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. It's important to note two things about them.
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George Whitesides:...
the important details "Shorthand description,; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly defining it. But I know it when I see it." I'm going to come back to that in a moment. So, what is simplicity?
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Toward a science of...
pornography and let me just read it the important details here shorthand description hardcore pornography and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly to finding it but I know it
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How your brain decides...
This stereotype is probably exploited and magnified by images in popular media, in which facial disfigurement is often used as a shorthand to depict someone of villainous character.
Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
on the issues of gender sexual assault, domestic violence, relationship abuse, sexual harassment, sexual abuse of children. That whole range of issues that I'll refer to in shorthand as "gender violence issues," they've been seen as women's issues that some good men help out with, but I have a problem with that frame and I don't accept it.
Video examples
Chaos in the Heart of...
by the shorthand that we sort of all default to CAR, so if you are confused that's what I am talking about. This is a map from a high school geography book. And it shows the ethnic groups. And there are more than 50 ethnic groups and sub-groups. It's also a nation filled with treasure literally.
Video examples
How to create a great...
and the home depot work by telling you exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc
Video examples
The new urgency of...
has fallen below levels that make them economic. Is the shorthand of what's happened there that electric cars and electric technologies and solar and so forth have helped drive down the price of oil to the point where huge amounts of the reserves
Video examples
Susan Blackmore: Memes...
So, think of it this way. Imagine a world full of brains and far more memes than can possibly find homes. The memes are all trying to get copied -- trying, in inverted commas -- i.e., that's the shorthand for, if they can get copied, they will.
Video examples
Wendy MacNaughton: The...
It's an icon. It's visual shorthand, and it's how we look at so much of our world today. See, we have so much information coming at us all the time, that our brains literally can't process it, and we fill in the world with patterns.
Video examples
Why do people join...
That grizzly image has since been immortalized as shorthand slang for single-minded cult-like thinking, "They drank the Kool-aid." Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. It's important to note two things about them.
Video examples
George Whitesides:...
the important details "Shorthand description,; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly defining it. But I know it when I see it." I'm going to come back to that in a moment. So, what is simplicity?
Video examples
Toward a science of...
pornography and let me just read it the important details here shorthand description hardcore pornography and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly to finding it but I know it
Video examples
How your brain decides...
This stereotype is probably exploited and magnified by images in popular media, in which facial disfigurement is often used as a shorthand to depict someone of villainous character.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
You meet folks who are funny and really smart and persistent and loving that are confronting this thing we call poverty, which is just a shorthand for this way of life that holds you underwater. And you just wonder what our country would be if we allowed these people to flourish and reach their full potential.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
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Lisa Edelstein
American Actress
When you play the same character for a long time, you have a shorthand. You get onto the set, you put on your outfit and two-thirds of your work is done because you've built on that work for so many years.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
My mother had taught shorthand and typing to support us since my father died, and secretly she hated it and hated him for dying and leaving no money because he didn't trust life insurance salesmen.
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Fallon Fox
American Athlete
It's hard because the phrase 'woman trapped in a man's body' is thrown around a lot, but that's like shorthand. It's deeper than that. There's so much more to it.
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Elizabeth Berg
American Author
I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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John Cassavetes
American Actor
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Quote examples
Matthew Desmond
American Sociologist
You meet folks who are funny and really smart and persistent and loving that are confronting this thing we call poverty, which is just a shorthand for this way of life that holds you underwater. And you just wonder what our country would be if we allowed these people to flourish and reach their full potential.
Quote examples
Chris Pine
American Actor
Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.
Quote examples
Lisa Edelstein
American Actress
When you play the same character for a long time, you have a shorthand. You get onto the set, you put on your outfit and two-thirds of your work is done because you've built on that work for so many years.
Quote examples
Sylvia Plath
American Poet
My mother had taught shorthand and typing to support us since my father died, and secretly she hated it and hated him for dying and leaving no money because he didn't trust life insurance salesmen.
Quote examples
Fallon Fox
American Athlete
It's hard because the phrase 'woman trapped in a man's body' is thrown around a lot, but that's like shorthand. It's deeper than that. There's so much more to it.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Berg
American Author
I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
Quote examples
John Cassavetes
American Actor
I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.
Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
Quote examples
Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Example 1 of 10
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