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Conversely, however, Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s or a noun followed by "That is all[=/=]Enough said" is boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''.
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Conversely, however, Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s or a noun followed by "That is all[=/=]Enough said" is useless as well as boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''.
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Adding more words to something doesn't justify it: in fact, [[WallOfText the more you write, the more they can't read]]. Avoid WordCruft, PurpleProse and empty descriptions in writing your examples or engaging in conversation.
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Adding more words to something doesn't justify it: in fact, [[WallOfText the more you write, the more they can't read]]. Avoid WordCruft, Administrivia/WordCruft, PurpleProse and empty descriptions in writing your examples or engaging in conversation.
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Therefore, since [[TropeNamer brevity is the soul of wit]],\\
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Therefore, since [[TropeNamer brevity is the soul of wit]],\\wit,\\
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[[HypocriticalHumor I will be brief.]]"''
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[[HypocriticalHumor I will be brief.]]''
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[[HypocriticalHumor I will be brief.]]'']]"''
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[[{{Hamlet}} Polonius]] [[HypocriticalHumor does not follow his own advice]]. [[LostInImitation Most don't realize]].
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->''My liege, and madam, to expostulate\\
What majesty should be, what duty is,\\
What day is day, night night, and time is time,\\
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time;\\
Therefore, since [[TropeNamer brevity is the soul of wit]],\\
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,\\
[[HypocriticalHumor I will be brief.]]''
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''Theater/{{Hamlet}} Act II Scene II Line 85-92''
%%Don't get carried away trying to turn this into a SelfDemonstratingArticle that uses as few words as possible. This is supposed to be a practical explanatory guideline, not a gag about taking it to an extreme. We already have BeigeProse and LaconicWiki for that.
Adding more words to something doesn't justify it: in fact, [[WallOfText the more you write, the more they can't read]]. Avoid WordCruft, PurpleProse and empty descriptions in writing your examples or engaging in conversation.
Conversely, however, Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s or a noun followed by "That is all[=/=]Enough said" is boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''.
This is the motto of LaconicWiki. For use of this guideline as a trope, see BeigeProse.
[[{{Hamlet}} Polonius]] [[HypocriticalHumor does not follow his own advice]]. [[LostInImitation Most don't realize]].
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What majesty should be, what duty is,\\
What day is day, night night, and time is time,\\
Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time;\\
Therefore, since [[TropeNamer brevity is the soul of wit]],\\
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,\\
[[HypocriticalHumor I will be brief.]]''
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''Theater/{{Hamlet}} Act II Scene II Line 85-92''
%%Don't get carried away trying to turn this into a SelfDemonstratingArticle that uses as few words as possible. This is supposed to be a practical explanatory guideline, not a gag about taking it to an extreme. We already have BeigeProse and LaconicWiki for that.
Adding more words to something doesn't justify it: in fact, [[WallOfText the more you write, the more they can't read]]. Avoid WordCruft, PurpleProse and empty descriptions in writing your examples or engaging in conversation.
Conversely, however, Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s or a noun followed by "That is all[=/=]Enough said" is boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''.
This is the motto of LaconicWiki. For use of this guideline as a trope, see BeigeProse.
[[{{Hamlet}} Polonius]] [[HypocriticalHumor does not follow his own advice]]. [[LostInImitation Most don't realize]].
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