speedwriting

[ speed-rahy-ting ]

noun

1. a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.

Speedwriting

/ ˈspiːdˌraɪtɪŋ /

noun

1. a form of shorthand in which alphabetic combinations are used to represent groups of sounds or short common words

Word History and Origins

Origin of speedwriting¹

1920–25; speed + writing; formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

In the 1920s Emma Dearborn, an instructor at Colombia University, started Speedwriting, allowing more than 20,000 different words to be written once the user has learned 60 rules and a list of about 100 brief forms.

From BBC

I didn't know I had dyslexia, and I failed my typing and speedwriting test, so I was reduced to correcting computers' mistakes with a Biro.

From The Guardian

After studying English at Sarah Lawrence, she flirted with acting, then took a speedwriting course and went to work as a secretary at NBC.

From Time Magazine Archive

The elder Rowe soon found this too hazardous a business, so he invented a speedwriting system called Rowe Vowel Shorthand and opened a business school in Michigan.

From Time Magazine Archive

When his speedwriting turned out to lack speed, Walsh kept him on anyway, put him to work keeping track of legislative matters.

From Time Magazine Archive