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Alabama shortcut

Not wiping after defacating.
I was late for work and out of toilet paper. I had no time to grab a new roll so I took an Alabama Shortcut.
by Bobafet75 July 6, 2014
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Shortcut Shame

The act of taking an apparent shortcut only to find the person or people you were trying to get ahead of speed past as you wait knowing you have suffered from some serious shortcut shame.

Invented in Pompey in 2011.
Johnny took the shortcut to avoid the traffic lights except he came to the junction to be stopped by a parked taxi and he sees all the cars drive on by. Tommy turns to him and says "wasteman that was some serious shortcut shame"
by PDizzleThe3rd June 29, 2011
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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
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Shortcut

A journey of a thousand miles starts with one "I know the shortcut!".
by sleep`walker May 30, 2011
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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
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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
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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
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