Legitimate shortcut

Within the rules cutting through bull**** and red tape to get directly to the issue.

The professor took a legitimate shortcut to ensure the sanity of his students and colleagues.

by Dr. Gallesa March 31, 2020

shortcut clause

Invoking the shortcut clause indicates you never wish to discuss a specifically distasteful topic again. It's entymology can be found in a "Simpsons" episode (www.tv.com/the-simpsons/itchy-and-scratchy-land/episode/1392/trivia.html) wherein the family takes a shortcut and a smash-cut brings us back to them, in disarray, with Homer intoning ominously, "Let us never speak of the shortcut again".

You would not use the shortcut clause to avoid talking about something good, only something too horrible or traumatic to want to relive in any manner.

She: How was your date with my sister?

He: I claim the shortcut clause.

by Keep The Reason March 4, 2009

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

Text Shortcuts

a feature on a samsung keyboard that i love very much

i can type hundreds of symbols without needing to go to another website to type it

you can also use text shortcuts for it's intended purpose, to make shortcuts for commonly used text

man i love text shortcuts sooooo much

by ζaaq June 10, 2025

Polish shortcut

to take a longer route that is not scenic

Rachel and I are taking the Polish shortcut to the park

by anonymous384293 April 13, 2025

Take the Shortcut

To walk in circles around your highschool to avoid going to class.

Cora: Oh shit, I've got Mrs. Crandall's class next and she's a total bitch.
Oliver: Let's take the shortcut.

by SquidyKitty June 18, 2015

shortcutism

taking something from other people and not giving them credit, specially knowledge

Abir: What is this 'shortcutism'?
Adnan: I take credit from you and claim the word as my own....a fitting example of shortcutism.

by abirpahlwan January 27, 2022