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A bundle is just chaos that learned to wear a single rubber band.

means A bundle is a group of things gathered, tied, or wrapped together so they can be carried or sold as one.

from From Middle English bundel, akin to Old English byndele, a binding — and ultimately rooted in the same Germanic source as 'bind,' related to Dutch bondel and German Bündel. At its heart the word simply means 'things that have been bound,' which is why it has always carried that sense of separate pieces forced into a single, portable lump.

old norse
Root means to bind, like sticks for burning
software trick
Bundling forces cheap items into one purchase
baby slang
Bundle of joy dates to the 1800s
physics
Nerve fibers travel in bundles called fascicles
finance
Mortgages got bundled into the 2008 crash
for instance

bundle of sticks fasces — ancient roman symbol of authority, adopted by mussolini's fascist movement in 1919 italy

bundle ranch — historic 6,000-acre property in gillespie county, texas, known for longhorn cattle

bundle of joy — common euphemism for newborn babies, documented in english since the 1920s

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