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Standing so still it forgot motion was ever an option.
means Not moving, flowing, or developing — and quietly going sour because of it.
from From Latin stagnum, a still pond or pool — the kind that breeds mosquitoes, not momentum, where water sits long enough to stink.
Water rootsOriginally meant literal undrained, motionless water.
Economics borrowed itStagnant economies neither grow nor recover.
Stagnation cousinPairs with inflation to make stagflation.