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the one who'll cover your mistake, then roast you for it at lunch.
means A person who belongs to the same team as you, working toward a shared goal.
from A transparent compound of "team" plus "mate." "Team" comes from Old English "team," which originally meant a set of draft animals harnessed together to pull a plow or wagon — a yoked group moving as one. "Mate" comes from Middle Low German "mate" or "gemate," a companion, literally one you share food with (a cousin of "meat" in its old sense of "food"). So a teammate is, at root, the one yoked beside you who also shares your bread — which the lunchtime roasting honors nicely.
- shared fate
- Their win is yours; their fumble too
- trust currency
- Teams move at the speed of trust
- social glue
- Oxytocin spikes during coordinated group effort
- silent language
- Great ones communicate without speaking a word
- force multiplier
- Together they outperform the sum of parts
for instance
messi and xavi — fc barcelona midfield and forward won 6 la liga titles together (2004-2015)