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Glass and frames doing the eye's homework while moonlighting as your personality.
means A catch-all term for things you wear over your eyes, from prescription glasses to sunglasses to protective goggles.
from A straightforward English mashup of eye and wear, gaining traction in the 20th century when spectacles graduated from medical device to fashion statement and needed a fancier name.
First specsInvented in 13th-century Italy, perched on the nose.
Sunglass surgeMass-market shades arrived in 1929 America.
Word inflationEyewear sounds pricier than plain old glasses.