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"Effectiveness of assertion is the Alpha and Omega of style." -George Bernard Shaw
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So long as I live, I will never understand the spelling of apophthegm.
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apophthegm is but a variant of apothegm, but stems from Greek apophthegma; an apothegm is a maxim, which is a terse pithy saying.
I don't think our wanted word relates all that much to maxims.
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Well, you all made me laugh this cold Chicago morning as the first El of the day awoke me [grumpily] in my hotel. (The next six passed by in the succeeding two minutes.
I particularly like lacosapient. I only saw the definition at first. "Okay, I made that up" was revealed only upon scrolling down.
Aphoristic, pithy and compendious seem to more imply quick wit rather than wisdom necessarily. Prudent seems to have more of a sense of caution than wisdom and laconic could refer to the farmer who confines his speech to yep and nope.
Knowing I haven't overlooked the obvious helps. I vote for coining one. It would be a lot more useful than a lot of coinage. That said, lacosapient might be just a bit stilted.
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