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Telegraphese Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix tele-

Telegraphese has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams

2

The terse, abbreviated writing style used in or as used in telegraph messages; speech that resembles this.

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non-standard speech
Rhyming Words
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