Mark Twain ( 1835 &ndash; 1910 ) wrote " generally , the fewer the words that fully communicate or evoke the intended ideas and feelings , the more effective the communication . " Ernest Hemingway ( 1899 – 1961 ) , the 1954 Nobel laureate for literature , defended his concise style against a charge by William Faulkner that he " had never been known to use a word that might send the reader to the dictionary . " Hemingway responded by saying , " Poor Faulkner . Does he really think big emotions come from big words ? He thinks I do n't know the ten-dollar words . I know them all right . But there are older and simpler and better words , and those are the ones I use . " An inquiry into the 2005 London bombings found that verbosity can be dangerous if used by emergency services . It can lead to delay that could cost lives
2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Verbosity