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Tiny pictures we agreed to mean something bigger than themselves.
means Marks, signs, or objects that stand in for ideas, sounds, quantities, or meanings beyond their literal shape.
from From Greek symbolon, a token snapped in two so reunited halves could prove a pact — meaning was literally something pieced back together.
Half tokensAncient symbols were broken objects matched to verify identity.
Math debtThe equals sign appeared in 1557 to save repetition.
Heart shapeResembles no actual human heart whatsoever.