Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

Title: Thoughts from Across a Crowded Street
Fandom: Good Omens
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: G
Words: 100
Characters/Pairing: Maggie (Maggie/Nina)
Summary: Maggie thinks about Nina


( Thoughts from Across a Crowded Street )

This week's word, according to the wise Random Choice Generator, is





We’ll keep it brief. Laconia was an ancient country in southern Greece. Its capital city was Sparta, and the Spartans were famous for their terseness of speech. Laconic comes to us by way of Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, meaning “native of Laconia.” In current use, laconic means “terse” or “concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious,” and thus recalls the Spartans’ taciturnity.