shorthand
noun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃɔːthænd/ us WORKPLACE, MEETINGS (also stenography)
a system of writing that uses lines and symbols to represent words and is used to record what someone says as they are speaking:
do/know shorthand I couldn't do shorthand so they said they couldn't hire me as a secretary.
in shorthand Today's secretaries are just as likely to tell their boss how to use a laptop as to take a letter in shorthand.
be shorthand for sth
to be a short or quick way of referring to something:
Wi-fi is shorthand for wireless fidelity.
to be another way of saying that something has a particular quality:
With some products "made in the U.S.A." remains shorthand for reliability.