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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Jackie #173757 02/20/08 06:31 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 tonyc stranger tonyc stranger Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Succinct "Effectiveness of assertion is the Alpha and Omega of style." -George Bernard Shaw Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Bill Hatcher #173786 02/21/08 02:48 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania thoughtful? pertinent? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Bill Hatcher #173792 02/21/08 03:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I found it! apothegmatic Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Jackie #173795 02/21/08 03:46 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: Jackie I found it! apothegmatic apothephlegmatic? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Buffalo Shrdlu #173796 02/21/08 04:08 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 So long as I live, I will never understand the spelling of apophthegm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Hydra #173798 02/21/08 04:17 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A Man/Woman of Few Words Jackie #173814 02/21/08 12:37 PM Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Oregon B Bill Hatcher OP stranger OP Bill Hatcher stranger B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Oregon 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. Bill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 575 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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