Rambling and Short

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Rambling adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.

Usage example: the new minister gives rambling sermons that, if they have a point, are lost on the congregation, which invariably falls asleep

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Short is an antonym for rambling.

Nearby Words: ramble, rambled, rambler

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

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Rambling is an antonym for short in concise topic.

Grandpa: Anyway, long story short... is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling...

Source: To Make a Long Story Short
Also Lola's new version in the show, to the point she starts rambling in a midle of a short answer about random things and, most of the time, about Bugs.

Source: Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
In short, there is a fine line between good World Building, and rambling on about pointless crap — conservation of detail is all about filtering out irrelevant information to highlight the actual plot or interesting aspects of the setting.

Source: The Law of Conservation of Detail aka: Law Of Conservation Of Detail

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