laconic \luh-KON-ik\, adjective:
Using or marked by the use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque.
- Readers' reports range from the laconic to the verbose.
-- Bernard Stamler, "A Brooklyncentric View of Life", New York Times, February 28, 1999 - In the laconic language of the sheriff department's report,there was "no visible sign of life."
-- David Wise, Cassidy's Run - There was one tiny photograph of him at a YMCA camp plus a few laconic and uninformative entries in a soldier's log from the war year, 1917-18.
-- Edward W. Said, Out of Place: A Memoir
Laconic comes, via Latin, from Greek Lakonikos, "of or relating to a Laconian or Spartan," hence "terse," in the manner of the Laconians.
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Why does this word pose a challenge to me? Because I'm a verbose man in far too many things. I love to ramble and ramble is what I do as a job sometimes. It's bad not because people don't get what I'm saying or because wasting energy, but because the way I communicate could be better. In life, when you see a way to do something that is better, you take on this challenge.
My wish is to communicate more messages with clarity, conciseness, and creativity. It's not about the quantity of words one uses, but the quality of words. It's not about the display, but about the punch.
How good is your punch?
Brendon
1 comment:
haha my punch is pretty week bro... I really wish I could say my words much more effectively. Another thing i struggle with, is that I always feel the need to use words that "justify" myself to others, for fear that my initial words or actions are not good enough... Lets be men of few but effective words :D
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