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If your definition of "wordy" is "anything longer than a 20 word phrase", I mean, I don't know what to say really. Your response to OP was definitely wordy then

If your definition of "wordy" is "anything longer than a 20 word phrase", I mean, I don't know what to say really. Your response to OP was definitely wordy then. And so is this response. You've basically redefined the word so that it no longer has any meaning.

NikolaNovak 4y ago
I think your response was sarcastic but I actually fully agree - yes language changes, cultural & social norms change. Today in 2022, based on average of media creation & consumption, this article is wordy (or "long form", if we feel "wordy" is loaded with negative connotation:). It would not have been wordy in different times & places. I like long form. I like essays and articles and geeking out and getting in depth of things. But I'm not oblivious that majority of media consumption is swiping on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook.
- nashashmi 4y ago
  "I like twitter"
- Vox_Leone 4y ago
  I want to believe that there is still an audience for long form. Besides, great debates can't be carried out with 20-word pieces. Long form blogs of the web 1.0 were instrumental for the tech environment we have today. I would say that "you want to make articles as short as possible, but not shorter" [0] [0]https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/374887/meaning-of-make-things-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/374887/meaning-o...
  - NikolaNovak 4y ago
    I feel there's perception that by labeling this article as "wordy", I have also made far more reaching implicit claims such as * Wordy is bad * There's no room in this world for wordy/long-form * I am a proponent of 20-word Facebook posts, they are awesome and a pinnacle of human achievement and we should all use them going forward I have not made such a claim in the initial post and have made substantial effort to explicitly indicate thusly since. Lord knows nobody ever labeled me as "succinct" :-D My old co-worker had a term "We are in violent agreement", and I feel that's what's happening here :->

NikolaNovak 4y ago

I think your response was sarcastic but I actually fully agree - yes language changes, cultural & social norms change. Today in 2022, based on average of media creation & consumption, this article is wordy (or "long form", if we feel "wordy" is loaded with negative connotation:). It would not have been wordy in different times & places. I like long form. I like essays and articles and geeking out and getting in depth of things. But I'm not oblivious that majority of media consumption is swiping on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook.

nashashmi 4y ago
"I like twitter"
Vox_Leone 4y ago
I want to believe that there is still an audience for long form. Besides, great debates can't be carried out with 20-word pieces. Long form blogs of the web 1.0 were instrumental for the tech environment we have today. I would say that "you want to make articles as short as possible, but not shorter" [0] [0]https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/374887/meaning-of-make-things-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/374887/meaning-o...
- NikolaNovak 4y ago
  I feel there's perception that by labeling this article as "wordy", I have also made far more reaching implicit claims such as * Wordy is bad * There's no room in this world for wordy/long-form * I am a proponent of 20-word Facebook posts, they are awesome and a pinnacle of human achievement and we should all use them going forward I have not made such a claim in the initial post and have made substantial effort to explicitly indicate thusly since. Lord knows nobody ever labeled me as "succinct" :-D My old co-worker had a term "We are in violent agreement", and I feel that's what's happening here :->