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Revision as of 03:19, 23 February 2020 (view source) Looney Toons (talk \| contribs) (Not sure what you're referring to, but we neither have a Cutting Room Floor area, nor do we use Laconic pages for "cut" material.) ← Older edit		Latest revision as of 15:47, 12 November 2023 (view source) Robkelk (talk \| contribs) No edit summary
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Line 1: {{IndexTrope}} {{main\|Beige Prose}} {{quote\|''[[Brevity Is Wit\|"Brevity is ... wit."]]''\|'''[[Hamlet\|Polonius]]''', per ''[[The Simpsons]]''<ref>Original line: "Brevity is the soul of wit."</ref>}}▼ ▲{{quote\|''[[Brevity Is Wit\|"Brevity is ... wit."]]''\|'''[[Hamlet\|Polonius]]''', per ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]''<ref>Original line: "Brevity is the soul of wit."</ref>}} Omitting needless words. The Laconic subpages are for brief statements describing the core idea of the page they are attached to. Synonyms of laconic include concise, succinct, and terse... but ''not'' abridged, since that involves removing meaning. '''''NOTE:''' "Laconic" does not mean "abridged". Laconic means "terse". [[Hemingway's Six-Word Story]] is both unabridged and laconic.'' {{reflist}} {{CategoryTOC}} [[Category:Just for Fun]] ~~[[Category:Laconic Wiki]]~~ [[Category:Pages by Type]]