. Laconic remarks in a military context (molon lave, "if") are not efficient, but defiant. Perhaps something like the book Sorry, our policy is quite flexible, but at the same time quite strict with what is to be verified: anything which was questioned must be verified. Additionally, the… “that don’t feel like forms & surveys” bit I used to replace… “for the people”… adds some pithiness to Typeform. I think it’s pretty f*cking good. A laconic phrase may be used for efficiency (as in military jargon), for philosophical reasons (especially among thinkers who believe in minimalism, such as Stoics), or for better disarming a long, pompous speech (the most famous example being at the Battle of Thermopylae).

The list is also missing a famous story of how some other city asked for help from the Spartans and they criticized the messanger for being verbose, so he recomposed the message. Whether the non-Spartan examples are essential may be debated, but based on contributions to the article, there is clear interest in having them there. This is why people who say much with few words have laconic wit, or are using laconic phrases.

Perhaps the article would be better named "Quotes attributed to the Spartans"?--Not a bad article, and certainly a relevant one, but painful to read. Some view this as having contributed to the Laconian characteristically blunt speech. While many believe the Spartans developed Laconic phrase due to their lack of education, brilliant philosophers like Socrates thought differently, calling them some of the best in philosophy and speaking… This style of communication was something instilled (or forced) in Spartans from a young age… Perhaps, the closest example of Laconic Phrase I see today is in But, even this style of writing lacks the bluntness, chutzpah and pithiness that Laconic Phrase was so famous for. A laconic phrase may be used for efficiency (as during military training and … Whereas adding a period showcases confidence with a punch. The dictionary definition of laconic at Wiktionary Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Laconic phrases This page was last changed on 3 March 2019, at … "Examples include "We should not investigate facts by the light of arguments, but arguments by the light of facts" for Myson, They are missing the core defiance expressed by a laconic remark. 'Nuts' means nothing more than that, and implies nothing more than that. Other websites. Just the other day I got into an argument with a marketer I was writing copy for because he felt button copy should be straightforward like “Buy now” or “Sign up” or “Subscribe”…I told him that I average about 10% on click-throughs in my emails with out-of-the-ordinary button copy and unless he is averaging higher than that… it wouldn’t hurt to give my copy a go. Before complaining about the number of examples, one should remember that the Spartan quotations handed down to us through history represent the sole origin of the term "laconic". For example, telegraphic brevity ("What these definitions have in common is a sense of bluntness, insolence, or sarcasm. However, it was their Laconic phrase that made them immortal, at least in the history books.

If you're not interested in these examples, you're not interested in the subject. Spartans and their laconic phrases Mon, Jul 16, 2007. All these examples need citations from verifiable sources.--I agree with the merging.

I would call a wisecrack, but hardly a model laconic phrase, especially compared to the classic "With it or on it", or, as clarified for "non-spartans" : "With the shield of on it". The article, as it currently stands, is a short descriptive paragraph followed by a horde of examples, many of which don't seem to fit the criteria mentioned in the body of the article. From the Wikipedia: A "Laconic phrase" is a very short or terse statement, named after Laconia, an area of modern and ancient Greece.Laconians focused less on the development of education, arts, and literature. While this is a stylistic choice that varies greatly depending on the copywriter, I always Headlines without periods to me feel too open, too ambiguous and unsure of themselves. Loquacity was considered frivolous and unbecoming of sensible, down-to-earth An alternative translation based on those by A. Beresford and R.E.

Laconic Speech: The Minimalist Rhetoric of the Spartans. An editor has recently added the claim that "Australia is often cited as a modern stronghold of such humor".