This week's theme: words about words. brachylogy (bra-KIL-uh-jee) noun
Conciseness of diction or an instance of such. [From Medieval Latin brachylogia, from Greek brakhulogi, brakhu-, brachy- (short) + -logy, from logos (word).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The term for the omission of words that are intended to be 'understood' by the reader is ellipsis. Its extreme or irregular form has a name in Greek rhetoric: brachylogy, relying on the listener to supply the missing words, much as I relied on the reader to put a verb in the sentence fragment 'A profound question, that.'" William Safire; Microwave of the Future; The New York Times; Oct 7, 1990. Sponsors' messages: Free! Order my new ebook, All Mixed Up! Why free? Because so many people like it they gladly pay $10 for my 2nd book! Write now! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 ............................................................................ What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- ) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/brachylogy.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/brachylogy.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/brachylogy.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
