- A
laconic phrase or
laconism is a
concise or
terse statement,
especially a
blunt and
elliptical rejoinder. It is
named after Laconia, the
region of Greece...
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Laconic speech may mean:
alogia - a
thought impoverishment observable through speech and
language use
laconic phrase - a
concise or
terse statement, especially...
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during the two-word
stage of
language acquisition in children,
which is
laconic and efficient. The name
derives from the fact that
someone sending a telegram...
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absurdity of the
subject matter. The
delivery is
meant to be blunt, ironic,
laconic, or
apparently unintentional. The term
deadpan first emerged early in the...
- triplicate. in umbra, igitur,
pugnabimus Then we will
fight in the
shade Laconic phrase supposedly given by the
Spartans in
response to the
Persian boast...
- of the
short story, as did
Lydia Davis,
through her
idiosyncratic and
laconic style. The
Argentine writer Jorge Luis
Borges is one of the best-known...
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physically painful situations in
which they have
found themselves,
remarking laconically "I hate when that happens"); Herb Minkman, a
novelty toymaker with his...
- Broadus's
delivery as a "mol****es drawl" and
AllMusic notes his "drawled,
laconic rhyming" style. Kool Moe Dee
refers to Snoop's use of vocabulary, saying...
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written diagnosis of
cancer to Imhotep. Unfortunately, the
therapy Imhotep laconically prescribed for it
would be
equally recognizable for millennia: “There...
- her uptight,
somewhat conservative father, who doesn't take to Jason's
laconic style and
apparent lack of ambition. Then
Jason comes up with an elaborate...
