LACONISM

PRONUNCIATION: (LAK-uh-niz-uhm)

MEANING: noun: Brevity or terseness of expression, or an instance of this.

ETYMOLOGY: After Laconia, a region in southern Greece whose chief city was Sparta. From the reputation of the Laconians/Spartans for terseness. Earliest documented use: 1570.
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LADONISM - the philosophy, exemplified by Rigoletto in Mozart's opera, that "women are fickle" ('changeable," if you prefer)

TACONISM - a branch of the Pastafarianism, another segment of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

L.A. CON IS ME - Confessions of a Southern California Urban Grifter {It didn't sell very many copies...)