@paulg It means both short _and_ dense with ideas. A longform essay, however high the ratio of ideas to words, is not succinct.
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@MorlockP@adamgurri Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. They're often wrong about subtle distinctions. -
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@paulg@adamgurri I think a better argument is William F Buckley saying the dictionary should track HIM. Btw, fun: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/217685/just-what-did-you-mean/william-f-buckley-jr …
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@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Well said.
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+1 RT ! “
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Less is more and takes more effort “
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@paulg I think the word you wanted to use was "concise", not "succinct".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg trying to keep that idea in the back of my mind during the last few days of my dissertation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg same as detailed doesn't mean long :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Infinity. Disaugment. Sycophant. Recursion. High ratio, yet not succinct.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg some say a lot in very few words whereas some say very few in a lot of wordsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg wouldn't a succinct phrase take the same amount of time to unpack then?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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