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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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You can speak concisely, or prefer concise writing, but not quite with concision. I prefer conciseness? Conciquity? Concisement? Why is there no noun for this word??

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Concision is a word, but most people use the term brevity.

[–] AbouBenAdhem 24 points 1 year ago

Concision is a regular and unexceptional word, but I think brevity has a slightly different connotation: “concision” implies that you’ve carefully phrased things to convey the most information in the fewest words, while “brevity” can imply that you’ve just left stuff out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

El Conciserino, if you're not into that whole 'brevity' thing, man.

[–] Rhynoplaz 3 points 1 year ago

I miss that rug. Really tied the room together.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Concision seems like it should be a word for that which is made concise rather than the brevity itself. An incision is the cut made by incising.

[–] fubo 1 points 1 year ago

Incision can also be the practice of incising, but we don't need that word very much.