- 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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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...
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Peloponnese peninsula. Its
administrative capital is Sparta. The word
laconic—to
speak in a blunt,
concise way—is
derived from the name of this region...
- Sparta. From this
derives the
already ancient term "
Laconic," and is
related to
expressions such as "
Laconic phrase" or "Laconophilia." The
first reference...
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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...
- to
deliver one-liners,
including James Bond, who
often makes pithy and
laconic quips after disposing of a villain. "Never read a pop-up book
about giraffes...
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Wagner and
illustrated by Ian Gibson. The
series starred Sam Slade, a
laconic, ageing, cigar-smoking
bounty hunter of
robots that have gone renegade...
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Thermopylae in 480 BC. A
classical expression of defiance, it is
among the
Laconic phrases reported by the Gr****
historian Plutarch, and is said to have been...
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recorded in the
ancient Gr**** form
molon labe "come and take [them]", a
laconic reply supposedly given by the
Spartan King
Leonidas I in
response to the...
