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the human pose evolution gave us, now mostly used to leave a chair
means To support yourself upright on your feet, or to put something in an upright position — and by extension to hold a firm position, occupy a place, or endure.
from From Old English 'standan,' rooted in the Proto-Germanic '*standanan' and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European base '*sta-,' meaning 'to stand, to be firm.' That single ancient root is one of language's great overachievers — it's a cousin of Latin 'stare' (giving us 'stable,' 'statue,' 'status'), Greek 'histemi,' and a sprawling family across Indo-European tongues. So when you stand, you're flexing one of the oldest words humans have for staying put.
- calories
- standing burns about 50 more per hour than sitting
- protests
- a stand is also refusing to budge
- comedy
- stand-up means doing it alone, exposed, no net
- last stand
- history loves a doomed one
- furniture
- a stand holds things that can't stand themselves
abbey road crossing — the beatles' iconic zebra crossing in london where their 1969 album cover was photographed
speaker's corner hyde park — historic public speaking area in london where anyone can stand and address crowds since the 1870s
gettysburg address — lincoln's 272-word speech delivered standing at the battlefield dedication in pennsylvania, november 1863