I searched the archive and did not find this expression. Most North American speakers of English use this term in practice for what we overeducated eggheads call ellipsis/ellipses. Plenty of Google hits. --Dave R -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 5/27/2005