Phillips Code

English

Named after its inventor Walter P. Phillips (1846–1920).

Examples
POTUS SCOTUS 73

Phillips Code (uncountable)

A shorthand for the rapid transmission of press reports by telegraph.
- 1997 October 12, William Safire, “Potus And Flotus”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:
  Some acronyms make it, some don't. In Phillips Code, WHU stood for “the White House”; not even Potus uses that anymore. (Coming soon, to replace U.S. Government -- Gotus!)