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TELEGRAPHESE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telegraphese mean?
• TELEGRAPHESE (noun)
The noun TELEGRAPHESE has 1 sense:
1. language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams
Familiarity information: TELEGRAPHESE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telegraphese" is a kind of...):
non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)
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