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the smallest word that has launched the dumbest and bravest decisions in human history
means To have the courage to do something risky or frightening, or to challenge someone to prove they do.
from From Old English 'durran,' to be bold or venture, a verb so ancient it shares roots with Germanic and possibly older Indo-European words for daring — a cousin of Greek 'tharsos,' meaning courage. It was once one of those rare 'preterite-present' verbs, like 'can' and 'shall,' which is why 'I dare' has always sounded a little odd grammatically: the word itself was built differently from the start, as if even the language knew this was no ordinary action.
- playground physics
- Halves the fear, doubles the audience
- double version
- Adds nothing but ego and consequences
- truth or dare
- Nobody picks truth twice in a row
- etymology
- From Old English durran, simply to be bold
- escalation rule
- Always ends one step past common sense
truth or dare — party game where players choose between answering questions or completing challenges, popularized since the 1930s
dare erskine — british explorer who led the 1930-1931 trans-kalahari expedition across southern africa