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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:Index Index/Sandbox]]~~ [[Category:Just for Fun]] [[Category:~~Index~~Pages ~~Index~~by Type]] ~~[[Category:Laconic Wiki]]~~