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A [[Terse Talker]] speaks in this.<ref>Brevity doesn't on its own make prose beige. The defining characteristic is that it's unadorned and to the point.</ref>
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== Advertising ==
* [[Head On]]. Apply directly to the forehead. [[Head On]]. Apply directly to the forehead. [[Head On]]. Apply directly to the forehead.
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* Low-word-count English reports.
* Manuals, memos.
* Dr. Nakamats' speech upon getting the Ig Nobel Prize for nutrition:
{{quote|"Life should be lived long. Speech should be short!"}}
* The Spartans, whose simplicity of speech gave rise to the word "laconic," after their dialect of Greek.
** When Philip II of Macedon threatened them with the message: "If we enter Sparta, we will [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|raze all your buildings and ravage all your women]]," Sparta sent back the answer, "If." Philip, as well as his son [[Alexander the Great]], left Sparta alone.
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