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a vertical brag, half library and half therapist's note about who you wish you were
means a flat horizontal board, or set of them mounted in a frame, built to hold books upright and accessible
from a plain compound of 'book' and 'shelf,' both old Germanic words: 'book' traces to Old English 'bōc,' possibly tied to 'bēce' (beech), since early runes may have been carved on beechwood, while 'shelf' comes from Old English 'scylfe,' a ledge or board, related to a family of words meaning 'to split' — a shelf being, at heart, a flat slab cleaved from something larger.
- unread shelf
- Japanese tsundoku names the pile you'll never finish
- deadly weight
- Loaded shelves topple and crush; anchor them to walls
- status object
- Zoom calls made curated backdrops a flex
- book curve
- Heavy volumes need vertical, not leaning, storage
- ancient design
- Romans stored scrolls in armaria, shelving's grandfather