All The Tropes:Brevity Is Wit: Difference between revisions

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[[Hypocritical Humor|I will be brief.]]''|'''[[Hypocritical Humor|Polonius]]''', ''[[Hamlet]]''}}

{{quote|''[[Trope Namer|Brevity is... wit.]]''|Banner at a [[Bland Name Product|Reading Digest]] convention, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"}}

{{quote|''[[Trope Namer|Brevity is... wit.]]''|Banner at a [[Bland-Name Product|Reading Digest]] convention, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"}}

Which quote's more readable?

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Conversely, however, [[Zero Context Example|Zero Context Examples]] or a noun followed by "That is all/Enough said" is boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''.

This is the motto of [[Laconic ~~Wiki~~]]. For use of this guideline as a trope, see [[Beige Prose]].

This is the motto of [[Laconic]]. For use of this guideline as a trope, see [[Beige Prose]].

[[Hamlet|Polonius]] [[Hypocritical Humor|does not follow his own advice]]. [[Lost in Imitation|Most don't realize]].

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