Giuliani: I Didn't Forget 9/11, I Was Using ‘Abbreviated Language’

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50. WTH does that even mean?

It means language that has been abbreviated.

abbreviated
[uh-bree-vee-ey-tid]
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adjective
1.
shortened; made briefer:
The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
2.
(of clothing) scanty; barely covering the body:
an abbreviated bathing suit.
3.
constituting a shorter or smaller version of:
The large car was an abbreviated limousine.


language
[lang-gwij]
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noun
1.
a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition:
the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
2.
communication by voice in the distinctively human manner, using arbitrary sounds in conventional ways with conventional meanings; speech.
3.
the system of linguistic signs or symbols considered in the abstract (opposed to speech ).
4.
any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one another.
5.
any system of formalized symbols, signs, sounds, gestures, or the like used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, emotion, etc.:
the language of mathematics; sign language.
6.
the means of communication used by animals:
the language of birds.
7.
communication of meaning in any way; medium that is expressive, significant, etc.:
the language of flowers; the language of art.