The term "laconic phrase" describes the very terse and direct speech characteristic of the Spartans. It has twelve terse prose paragraphs. Svidrigailov indulges in an amiable but disjointed monologue, punctuated by Raskolnikov's terse interjections. They were written in the terse and concise language of a police report. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. The coiner of it certainly had no appreciation for terse and concise law English. The poem is characteristic of Angelou's style, with terse and forceful lines and irregular rhymes. Jim later talks about it to Kelly, who is uncharacteristically terse with him. His work is terse, rhythmic, and highly colloquial. The character only speaks short sentences, throughout the film, all terse, short statements. He was capable of arresting imagery and memorable statements in the form of terse epigrams. Orac is terse, short-tempered, and frequently unhelpful. Upon reading the script Healey declined, finding the meager, terse dialogue too unappealing. The outline format makes explanations more terse than any other supplement. Cunningham's official reaction at the time was memorably terse.