Shorthand
A shorthand was a simplified term or group of phrases used amongst people in the same profession. It could also develop between individuals who had a shared history.

 and Jonathan Archer developed a shorthand after spending a lot of time together. A hologram of Travis Mayweather told William T. Riker while Riker was playing 's  in 2370. ()

"Root canal" was engineering shorthand for gutting a piece of technology and re-building it from the beginning. ()

In 2374, shortly after becoming acquainted with , Patrick, and Lauren, other Humans who, like himself, had been enhanced neurologically, Julian Bashir found himself connecting with them, speaking in shorthand and finishing each other's sentences. It was an experience such as he'd never had before with anybody else he knew. ()

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