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Brief English

A dialect which uses the brief versions of expressions and is based on the "Prolix, and Concise, Sets of Words" handbook.
Identifying and listing the prolix and illogical English expressions and their concise counterparts, a scholar realized that many who use the brief expressions speak in the Brief English dialect, which unlike other dialects focuses not on which words are said, not how they are said.
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Concise English

The variety of English which primarily or only uses concise words or expressions.
Writers simplify and trim the dialogues in scripts so that in movies and television programs the actors speak Concise English. As far as I know, no dialogue has been intentionally written to be wordy.
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Pleasure Science

Pleasure science studies the pleasures individuals feel and searches for ways they can feel more pleasure, longer, and more often.
The fundamental purpose of life is to feel pleasure. Some pleasures are more intense, some last longer, some are easier to feel. Pleasure Science searches for ways for humans to feel more pleasure, more often, and for longer periods of time.
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possibleize

The word "possibleize" lets anyone say with one word what three words—"make things possible"—say.
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briefer

A more brief, concise, shorter, or simpler, word or phrase.
Thought the word "dysfunctional" is more common and has 1 syllable less, the word "inoperative" is briefer. The first has 13 letters and 4 syllables, the second has 11 letters and 5 syllables.
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articulation mechanics

The process of selecting the words which will best express one's thoughts and/or emotions, ordering and reordering those words in one's head, writing them down.
Unable to, as usual, easily put an idea she 'felt' into words, Serenata applied 'articulation mechanics' by selecting the words that best expressed her idea, ordering and reordering them in her head, and writing them in a notebook. She called that mental and physical process articulation mechanics.
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Writing-aided Conversation

Writing down in a notebook or a computer the key things the person one is talking with and the key things one says, things one will say, and/or other things.
Writing-aided conversation is often more productive.
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