It's not actually about being specific per se - it's about overtly mentioning details that are already assumed from context. Grice's maxims of quantity and relevance say that speakers only provide information when that information is important in some way and relevant to the discussion, so providing information that would otherwise be assumed means that information is actively relevant to the conversation in some important way that warrants it being mentioned.
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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Talking like Mojo JoJo is always fun
Now I want to have a Jackie Daytona style NPC that is obviously hiding something, but completely irrelevant to the plot.
With his *blue jeans * and toothpick