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The art of saying nothing and somehow being the most interesting person in the room.

means A habitual reserve in speech, a temperament that defaults to silence rather than chatter.

from From Latin tacitus, silent, the past participle of tacere, to be silentthe same root that gives us tacit and reticent, all branches of the unspoken family tree.

Not shynessIt is disposition, not nervous fear of talking.
Calvin CoolidgeNicknamed Silent Cal, a master of the form.
Verbal cousinTaciturn describes the person, taciturnity the trait.
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