- 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...
- song for his 1958 live
album Misterioso featured "a long,
laconically hilarious (and
laconically,
hilariously virtuosic)
Johnny Griffin solo that's a landmark...
- from Stills'.
Waiting at
their next stop in Atlanta,
Stills received a
laconic telegram: "Dear Stephen,
Funny how
things that
start spontaneously end...
- rest satisfied. How
alive they are is
apparent when two men, both dogged,
laconic, poker-faced,
never seem alike. The wife and the ex-wife, who
neither like...
- 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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companions asked him on his
deathbed to whom he
bequeathed his kingdom; his
laconic reply was "tôi kratistôi"—"to the strongest".
Another theory is that his...
- 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...
