I spoke of myself as 'responsible' for this group; that was verbal shorthand.

Thus, saying one owns a glass of water is merely verbal shorthand for I may justly gift or trade this water to another person.

They understood his verbal shorthand a fuel that would lift a rocket free of the earth's gravitational pull.

Jargon is a fictive language invented by and for the group as a verbal shorthand.

That didn't mean slanting a story; in verbal shorthand, it meant the length desired and the points to be covered.

He says, using their verbal shorthand, "I must have been great burden to you."

Mentioning that fictional character in casual conversation may be more than verbal shorthand.

It's verbal shorthand that expresses not a depth but an absence of thought.

In the verbal shorthand of these troubled days, it is known simply as "the widows."

Mr. Kerry sometimes uses verbal shorthand that offers nitpickers things to complain about.