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laconic

(adj): brief and to the point; effectively cut short
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2 months ago bilby said:

What exactly is a skater boy?

2 months ago apgarian said:

i always think of a high school skater boy who acts like he doesn't care by hardly nodding in response to things

7 months ago seanahan said:

heh

7 months ago WookinPaNub said:

"a response so curt as to be almost rude"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laconic

about 1 year ago qroqqa said:

True.

about 1 year ago Milosrdenstvi said:

Laconic tends to me more about spare speech, and spartan more about spare living....

about 1 year ago personinthebox said:

Ha ha! I remember that episode. "Angel" actually expanded my vocabulary a good bit. (Although I'm not sure if that's a good thing.)

I use it all the time and people look at me and say "Wha?" I just laugh.

about 1 year ago elfflame said:

ANGEL: Hey guys. (He looks up) Oz.
OZ: Hey.
ANGEL: Nice surprise.
OZ: Thanks.
ANGEL: Staying long?
OZ: Few days.
DOYLE: Are they always like this?
OZ: No, we're usually laconic.

Think Joss likes that word or something? :D

over 2 years ago seanahan said:

Similar to spartan, for obvious reasons.

over 2 years ago pixistix said:

"She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic."

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