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The moment you stop rehearsing and start being terrified in public.
means A person's or thing's first public appearance or performance.
from From French débuter, 'to lead off' or 'make the first stroke,' built from but, 'goal' or 'mark' — the same but you aim at in archery and billiards. So a debut is literally your first shot at the target, your opening move; English borrowed it whole, accent and all, in the 18th century.
- french roots
- From débuter, meaning to make the first stroke
- only once
- Everyone gets exactly one, then it's history
- debutante balls
- Began as marriage markets for the aristocracy
- high stakes
- First impressions form in under a tenth-second
- haunting clause
- Sophomore slumps exist because debuts set the bar
for instance
usain bolt's olympics debut — 2008 beijing olympics where he won gold in 100m and 200m, set world records
hamilton on broadway — lin-manuel miranda's musical opened at richard rodgers theatre in 2015, won 11 tony awards