brachylogy

[bruh-kil-uh-jee]

noun

plural

brachylogies 

1. brevity of diction; concise or abridged form of expression.

2. an instance of this; a concise expression.

brachylogy

/ bræˈkɪlədʒɪ /

noun

1. a concise style in speech or writing

2. a colloquial shortened form of expression that is not the result of a regular grammatical process

   the omission of "good" in the expression "Afternoon" is a brachylogy

Other Word Forms

• brachylogous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of brachylogy¹

First recorded in 1615–25; from Greek brachylogía “brevity in speech or writing”; brachy-, -logy