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two things insisting they're better together, and annoyingly often right.
means A pair is a set of two things that go together, either as a matched couple or as a single object made of two joined parts.
from From Old French 'paire,' from Latin 'paria' — the neuter plural of 'par,' meaning 'equal' (the same 'par' you reach in golf and dip below at par). So at its root, a pair is two things claiming to be equals, well-matched and meant for each other.
- latin root
- from par, meaning equal — true equals, paired
- odd grammar
- a pair of pants is one object, somehow
- genetics
- chromosomes come in 23 matched pairs
- card games
- two of a kind beats high card, barely
- physics
- electrons pair up to lower their energy
for instance
serena and venus williams — tennis sisters with 30 grand slam singles titles combined, dominated 1990s-2010s
bonnie and clyde — notorious criminal couple who robbed gas stations across central us, 1932-1934
laurel and hardy — comedy duo who made 107 films together, 1926-1951