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the polite lie you tell yourself while doubting the thing you already agreed to.
means a formal booking that guarantees you a spot, or the nagging doubts that suggest maybe you shouldn't have made one.
from from latin reservare, to keep back — originally about land set aside for native tribes by treaty, later shrank to mean a table at 8pm.
double meaningsame word covers both bookings and doubts, deliberately
legal rootsus tribal land status still called reservations today
restaurant powera reservation can outrank walk-ins by law in some cities