A "Laconic phrase" is a very concise or terse statement, named after
Laconia (a.k.a.
Lacedaemon [Greek Λακεδαίμων]), a region of modern and
ancient Greece surrounding the city of
Sparta stricto censu, which was under the control of Sparta in the classical Greek era. Similarly, a Laconism is a figure of speech in which someone uses very few words to express an idea. This may be used for efficiency (like in military jargon), for philosophical reasons (especially among thinkers who believe in minimalism, such as
Stoics), or for better disarming a long, pompous speech (the most famous example being at the
Battle of Thermopylae).
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