English

Noun

telegraphese ‎(uncountable)

1. The terse, abbreviated writing style used in telegraph messages.
   • 2008 January 21, Noam Cohen, “Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps”, in New York Times:

     Despite the new gadgetry, these journalists are actually rediscovering telegraphese —— the clipped (ideally witty) style that flourished because of word limits imposed by an earlier technology, the telegraph.