Sentence:  By "home video" I mean to <WSD>shorthand</WSD> the practice of viewing at home texts that come to us via a "range" of sources and formats, such as cable/satellite and pay-per-view television, mail order services (that send in the mail gay-related videotapes to far-flung subscribers), Web-based media, videotapes, laser discs, and smallcaps 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.