Commonly Used Substitutions

Commonly Used Substitutions

Breather – Nose, lungs
Listener – Ear
Worker – Ant, hand
Exercise – PE
Work, Operation – OP
Princess, [Lady] – Di
Queen – ER
Support(er) – Leg, Staff, bra
Supporter – Fan
Hesitation – Er
Mistake – Err
About – Re
Again – Re
Alternate – Or
Conjunction - And
Ten – X
Fifty – L
Hundred – C
Large number – L, C, M
Gold – AU, OR
Silver – AG
Copper – CU
Tin – Sn
Spanish [article, usually] – EL
German – UND
French [article, usually] – La, Le, Les, Des
Article – A, An, the
Note – Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti
Notice – AD, Bill
Look – Lo [as in, Lo and behold], See
Here – ibid
Ditto – Do
Party – Do
Sex appeal – it
Politician – MP, MLA
Gangster – Al (from Al capone)
That is – i.e
Artist – Ar
Airforce – RAF
Navy – RN
Professional, Expert – Pro, Ace
Drink – Ale, Lager, Beer, Port, Tea
Model – T [Ford Model T Cars]
Love – O [A little approximation for the heart symbol used to
denote
Love]
Nought – O
Direct - Go
Direction, Point – N, E, W, S
Pole – N, S
Road, Way, etc – St, Rd
Labour, group – TU [Trade Union]
Good Man, Saint – St