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A flag you plant in reality, daring everyone else to prove you wrong.
means To state firmly that something is true, or to assert your right to something as belonging to you.
from From the Latin 'clamare,' to cry out or shout — the same root that gives us 'clamor' and 'exclaim.' The word came into English through Old French 'clamer,' carrying that original sense of raising your voice to declare something publicly. A claim was literally something you called out loud for all to hear: this is mine, this is true. The shouting has quieted over the centuries, but the insistence remains.
- gold rush
- Miners staked claims by literally pounding stakes into dirt
- burden
- He who asserts must prove, not the doubter
- insurance
- The word that makes companies suddenly hard to reach
- etymology
- From Latin clamare, to shout or cry out
- extraordinary
- Bigger claims demand proportionally bigger evidence
jesse james' outlaw gang — robbed first daylight bank in peacetime, clay county savings association, missouri, 1866
homestead act claims — settlers claimed 270 million acres across us west, 1862-1986
oregon territory dispute — us and uk both claimed pacific northwest until 1846 border agreement