About
The term Shorter X is mostly being mentioned within the online literature communities and blogs. It refeers to the practice of substituting a short snarky summary for a lengthy and (in the opinion of the user) pretentious or intellectually dishonest piece of writing. In short, it is the online literature practice of the related meme tl;dr
Origin
It was originated by Daniel Davies[1] and the original target was Steven den Beste, a blogger notably for lengthy posts in support of war with Iraq.
Spread
References
[1]BlogDanielDavies – Related Article
[2]EschantonBlog – Shorter Tom Friedman
[3]SadlyNo – Related Archive
[4]CrookedTimber – Shorter Eugene Volokh
[5]CorrenteWire – Shorter R E H I
[7]SadlyNo – Related Archive
[8]Lewrockwell – Shorter Obama War Speech