Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/January 4

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Word of the day
for January 4
shorthand n
  1. A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
  2. (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

Sir Isaac Pitman, who developed the widely used shorthand system now known as Pitman shorthand, was born on this day in 1813.

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