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the slow exhale of anything bright, the dimmer switch the universe forgot to ask about
means To gradually decrease in size, strength, intensity, or power — to diminish over time, the way the moon shrinks from full to dark.
from From Old English 'wanian,' meaning to lessen or dwindle, rooted in a Germanic source tied to the sense of being deficient or lacking. It shares deep ancestry with 'want' and 'wanting' — all circling the idea of something growing emptier. For centuries it has clung especially to the moon, whose monthly shrinking gave English its most familiar picture of decline.
- moon job
- Names the moon shrinking from full to dark
- old roots
- From Old English wanian, meaning to lessen
- twin word
- Wax is its rising, brightening opposite
- lumber lingo
- Wane also means bark left on cut timber
- power fade
- Empires, fevers, and fame all wane the same way
moon phases — lunar cycle where moon appears to shrink from full to new moon over ~14.8 days
british pound 1603 — currency value declined sharply under james i due to debasement