- 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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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...
- of the
short story, as did
Lydia Davis,
through her
idiosyncratic and
laconic style. The
Argentine writer Jorge Luis
Borges is one of the best-known...
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drawled lyrics—which
often use
melodic rhyming, repetition, word play,
laconic phrases, syncopation—and alliteration, his
music often addresses the lifestyle...
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ridiculousness of the
subject matter. The
delivery is
meant to be blunt, sarcastic,
laconic, or
apparently unintentional.
Comedians and
actors who have used deadpan...
- Hospital's Luke and
Laura Spencer;
Ahmet Zappa as Roy, Mark's
handsome laconic roommate; and
Fabio as himself. The
opening credits of
Season 7 change...
- 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...
