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telegraphese

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tel⋅e⋅graph⋅ese

[tel-i-gra-feez, -fees, tel-i-gra-feez, -fees]
–noun
a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “expect arrive six evening.

Origin:
1880–85; telegraph + -ese
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telegraphese

noun
language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams 
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