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  • 21telegraphese — elegraphese n. 1. language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 22laconic — adjective Etymology: Latin laconicus Spartan, from Greek lakōnikos; from the Spartan reputation for terseness of speech Date: 1589 using or involving the use of a minimum of words ; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious Synonyms: see …

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  • 23laconism — noun Date: 1570 1. brevity or terseness of expression or style < a laconism bordering on curt B. S. Shanoff > 2. a laconic expression …

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  • 24telegraphese — noun Date: 1885 language characterized by the terseness and ellipses that are common in telegrams …

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  • 25terse — adjective (terser; tersest) Etymology: Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergēre to wipe off Date: 1601 1. smoothly elegant ; polished 2. devoid of superfluity < a terse summary >; also short, brusque …

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  • 26AWK — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see AWK (disambiguation). AWK Paradigm(s) scripting, procedural, event driven Appeared in 1977 Designed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan …

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  • 28George Abbot (author) — George Abbot (c. 1603? ndash; February 2, 1648) was an English writer. Known as The Puritan , he has been oddly and persistently mistaken for others. He has been described as a clergyman, which he never was, and as son of Sir Morris (or Maurice)&#8230; …

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  • 30Robert Abbot (theologian) — Robert Abbot (1588? 1662?) was an English theologian who promoted puritan doctrines. He is sometimes mistakenly described as the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot, but this is generally considered to be incorrect. The&#8230; …

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