telegraphese

American  

[tel-i-gra-feez, -fees, tel-i-gra-feez, -fees] / ˈtɛl ɪ græˌfiz, -ˌfis, ˌtɛl ɪ græˈfiz, -ˈfis /

noun

1. a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”

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Etymology

Origin of telegraphese

First recorded in 1880–85; telegraph + -ese

Example Sentences

Today "telegraphese" - saying as much as possible in the fewest number of words - has a new home in the Twittersphere.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2013

Another colleague rewrote the paper in telegraphese, leaving out most adjectives, inserting the word 'stop' for periods.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the other Kiplinger letters, the first issue of Overseas Postscript was composed in punchy, prophetic telegraphese.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of the novel's lunatic telegraphese was pure reportage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also, this is quite a new trade for me, who have only dealt hitherto in foreign wines, and British party politics, and bimetallism—and can only write in telegraphese!

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George