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** "Sliver" has significantly more words, but they're mostly mono-syllabic, with the occasional two syllable word - the narrator is meant to be a young child with a pretty basic vocabulary. The chorus is the repeated line "Grandma, take me home", while the entire first verse is:

** "Sliver" has significantly more words to it, but they're mostly mono-syllabic, with the occasional two syllable word - the narrator is meant to be a young child with a pretty basic vocabulary. The entire first verse is:
--> Mom and dad went to a show
--> They dropped me off at grandpa Joe's
--> I kicked and screamed, said "please don't go!"

Compare {{Minimalism}}, FunWithAcronyms, Administrivia/BrevityIsWit, LaconicWiki, {{Understatement}}, IKEAErotica. Maybe BoringButPractical.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic:'' The poetry stylings of Maud Pie.
-->'''Maud:''' Rock. You are a rock. Grey. You are grey.

* ''FanFic/MyImmortal''. Except when discussing [[strike:Enoby]] [[strike:Ebory]] [[strike:Ebola]] [[CostumePorn Ebony's appearance]]. Then it turns [[PurpleProse purple]].
* ''[[FanFic/LegolasByLaura legolas by laura]]'': "and then one of the orcs striped her and then he raped her and then laura said 'go away you bastard'."
* ''FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' and sequels (and pretty much anything else written by squirrelking). The fics don't even bother with describing things and only focuses on the motorcycle and boss fight action.
* ''FanFic/SoullessShell''

* The ''Literature/DickAndJane'' series of beginning reader books, {{justified}} as they were sticking to a purposely limited vocabulary for young children.
--> "See Spot. See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!"

--> "There were naked actors standing around the pornography studio: three women and one man. Two other actors were having sex on a bed. There were some cameramen filming them, who had their clothes on. There was a desk in the corner with papers on it, and a bulletin board with messages."
* Creator/AnneRice did this ''once'' in one of the many story threads in ''Queen of the Damned''. From Anne PurpleProse Rice, this was... unexpected, to say the least.

* Just about any game penned by the screenwriter Tadashi Satomi typically tend to be written in a very utilitarian manner with dialouge and text that is very to the point and only gives the player whatever info they actually need with finer details having to be discerned from context. This makes him very unusual in the space as he primarily works with JRPG's, games that often tend to be very verbose.

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Brief descriptions,]] simple structure, plain words, few figures of speech.

[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Fun if it works, bad if it doesn't.]] Use carefully.

* Subject Abathur. Advisor to Kerrigan. ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm''. Talks like this. Other modes, inefficient. Also in ''/VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm''. Playable and announcer.

* UsefulNotes/CalvinCoolidge, a.k.a. "Silent Cal." Possibly apocryphal example:

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* In ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'', Violet's stunted emotional intelligence due to her [[TykeBomb military background]] means her first several letters qualify as this. She ends up flunking a letter-writing course because her final assignment sounds like a military report, not personal correspondence. However, after connecting with her classmate Luculia, Violet manages to write a successful, but still very beige, letter to Luculia's shell-shocked brother on Luculia's behalf. Despite its incredibly dry wording, it has a powerful effect on the siblings and Violet's teacher decides to pass her instead.

* Even Website/ThisVeryWiki invokes this trope. See Administrivia/WordCruft, LaconicWiki (especially Laconic entry on Beige Prose), {{Wiki Word}}s, and CamelCase.

* Many military messages. Good military orders are short, concise, and cannot be misinterpreted. Thus many military men often write in this style even in civilian life. UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant is an example.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation's files are written in a plain, clinical tone. It's very effective.
** Moreso with [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4807 SCP-4807]], an [[BrownNote infohazardous thing]] which can only be described in even-curter-than-normal phrasing and minimal formatting.

* Even Wiki/ThisVeryWiki invokes this trope. See Administrivia/WordCruft, LaconicWiki (especially Laconic entry on Beige Prose), {{Wiki Word}}s, and CamelCase.