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the sacred art of mistaking exhaustion for ambition until your body files a complaint
means To work or move with energetic, often frantic urgency — or, in its shadier sense, to swindle someone through pushy persuasion.
from From Dutch 'husselen,' meaning to shake or toss about — the same restless motion you'd use shaking dice in a cup. English borrowed it in the 17th century with that literal sense of jostling and shoving, and over time the physical pushing softened into hustling for opportunity, money, or marks. The 'energetic striver' and the 'con artist' both descend from the same shake.
- word origin
- From Dutch husselen, meaning to shake or toss
- dance craze
- The Hustle topped charts in 1975
- con roots
- Long meant to swindle before meaning to grind
- sleep cost
- Chronic overwork raises stroke risk significantly
for instance
the hustle — 1975 disco song by van mccoy that became a #1 hit and defined a dance craze
hustle man — blues standard recorded by john lee hooker in 1958