To do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.
To celebrate (a fellow printing or newspaper industry worker) to mark their completion of an apprenticeship or their retirement by (formerly) hitting metal furniture in the printing room or (more recently) hitting one's desk in the newsroom.
To eject.
Someone who works or studies seemingly way too much.
To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
To write in shorthand.
To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.