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A thing so good we agreed to stop arguing and just love it.
means Something judged to be of the highest, enduring quality — a recognized standard against which others are measured, often timeless rather than merely old.
from From Latin 'classicus,' which once described citizens of the top property class — the first-rate, the upper tier. By extension a 'classicus' author was a top-shelf writer fit for the schoolroom, and English borrowed the word (via French) to mean anything of the first rank. So a 'classic' literally began as the elite class — and the social sense survives in our word 'class' itself.
- latin roots
- From classicus, meaning the top tax bracket of Romans
- coke flop
- New Coke failed so hard it birthed Classic Coke
- car loophole
- Cars become classics mainly to dodge modern regulations
- survivor bias
- Most old things were forgotten; classics just outlasted them
- twain quip
- A book everyone praises and nobody actually reads
for instance
the ashes — england vs australia cricket series, contested since 1882
wimbledon — tennis tournament at all england club, established 1877