stenogn.
/stɛˈnɒɡ/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
= stenographer n.
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > shorthand > write in shorthand [verb (intransitive)]
stenog1909
shorthand1928
society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] > shorthand
stenotypist1898
shorthand typist1901
stenog1909
stenographer1921
steno1928
society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [noun] > one who uses written symbols > writer in shorthand
brachygrapher1654
short-hand-man1663
shorthander1738
stenographer1809
tachygraph1810
stenographist1839
phonographer1845
phonographist1845
tachygrapher1887
tachygraphist1891
stenog1909
steno1928
1909 Fra (East Aurora, N.Y.) Mar. 82/1 The Stenog wanted a new set of curtains.
1912 P. G. Wodehouse Prince & Betty ix. 132 If I was good enough for him to marry when I was a stenog., he's good enough for me to marry when I'm a plute.
1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 160 Some [clipped forms] linger on the edge of vulgarity:..stenog for stenographer.
1922 E. Wallace Valley of Ghosts xxix It will look better if I put it into police-English than if you dig up the hotel stenog.
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vi. 103 ‘Start typing up that last scene, Ellen,’ Kit told the stenog.
1967 Spectator 20 Oct. 468/3 Julie Andrews, as tireless Millie the faithful stenog.
Derivatives
steˈnog v. intransitive to write in shorthand or type.
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1905 ‘O. Henry’ in N.Y. World Mag. 2 Apr. 3/1 Not being able to stenog, she could not enter that bright galaxy of office talent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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