shortcut

1. A more direct route than the customary one.
2. A means of saving time or effort.

Person #1: If you take the next right, it'll save you like ten minutes. It's a pretty handy shortcut.
Person #2: Sweet dude, thanks.

by illEATurHARTout December 11, 2004

Shortcut

The longest distance between two points.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with one "I know the shortcut!".

by sleep`walker May 30, 2011

ShortCutulus

The study of calculus shortcuts. These are also often denoted as types of operators or just methods which you just have to accept work and don't ask the professor why or you'll be more confused.

In differential equations, you learn weird shit that just looks like complicated algebra, but it's actually just calculus shortcuts. The proofs are often just long and complicated, but in the end, get you to a new operator that skips a lot of calculus steps.

It usually seem convoluted but makes it easier for humans to compute since calculus is too much work for monkeys.

Examples: Abel's Theorem, Characteristic Equations, Laplace Transforms

"Laplace Transforms literally make no sense. Why are we even doing them, they seem pointless"

"Oh yeah, instructors don't tell you it's just shortcutulus so you just accept it as useful even though it seems pointless for now"

by ptrkm March 5, 2020

Hypotenuse Shortcut

Noun

A visual used to describe an alternate route when cutting a corner in the midst of travel (usually on foot) as said traveler walks along the "hypotenuse" of a 90 degree angle turn.

Eric: How do we get to McConnell's Ice Cream Shop?
Peter: Its 3 blocks down Islay St., turn right and walk 2 blocks down De La Vina St.
Eric: Why don't we just take a hypotenuse shortcut through the back alleys to save time?
Peter: What the fuck is a hypotenuse shortcut?

by Figa Hunter November 7, 2013

one step shortcut to the lobby

To commit suicide off of an office or hotel building. Used in Iron Man 3.

Aldrich: “Well in the first hour, I considered taking that one step shortcut to the lobby..if you know what I mean.”

by IronManFan May 4, 2019

shortcut

when your watching tv and it goes from one show to the next

man i was watching tv last night and it went to commercial and it was a different show it was like a shortcut or some other shit

by aaron plowman January 17, 2017

Joel's Shortcut

In math, when stuck on a problem, especially a proof in geometry (which are useless and a waste of time) the answer will always = Joel's Shortcut, the universal answer too all.

If a = b & b = c & the sum of the earth is 1, then what does FISH = ?
FISH = Joel's Shortcut of course

by sparky winsor February 19, 2005