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The smallest god of decision, flipping worlds between two stubborn states.

means To switch something between two states, on and off or one mode and another, often with a single action.

from A nautical word first: a toggle was a small pin or crosspiece pushed through a loop of rope to fasten itthink the wooden bar on a duffel coat. The verb came later, naming the flip-this-or-that motion that toggle fasteners and switches make, and computing eagerly adopted it for any two-state flip.

naval originNamed for the pin sailors slid through rope loops
binary soulIt only knows on and off, nothing between
coat closureWooden toggles fastened duffle coats for cold sailors
verb tooYou can toggle anything, even your own attention
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