| phonogram |
| Definition - A character or symbol that is used as shorthand for a word. |
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Example - The @ symbol when used to represent the word at. |
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Etymology - The term was coined from the Greek phone, voice or sound + gram, that which is written, and was probably based on the analogy of the word telegram. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1860: "Phonogram, a written letter or mark, indicating a certain sound, or modification of sound; as —k, ·ah." (I. Pitman Man. Phonography (ed. 10) §17. 21) |
