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where clothes hide, monsters lurk, and entire identities wait for permission to walk out
means Closets are small enclosed storage spaces, typically built into a room, used for hanging clothes or stowing belongings.
from From the Old French 'closet,' a diminutive of 'clos' meaning an enclosed space — itself from Latin 'clausum,' the past participle of 'claudere,' 'to shut' (the same root that gives us 'close,' 'enclosure,' and 'cloister'). So a closet is literally 'a little shut-away place.' Curiously, the word once meant something grander: a private inner room where one could retire to read, pray, or scheme away from prying eyes. Only later did it shrink down to the modest cupboard for coats — though the old sense of a hidden, private chamber still lingers in the phrase 'coming out of the closet.'
- royal origin
- medieval closets were private rooms for prayer and secrets
- coming out
- the metaphor of the closet emerged widely in the 1960s
- walk-in luxury
- some rival small apartments in square footage
- narnia portal
- a wardrobe launched a whole fantasy empire
- clutter magnet
- average person owns clothes they never wear
billy closet ikea — ikea's best-selling wardrobe system with over 20 million units sold worldwide since 1979
ronald reagan secret closet — white house secret closet discovered containing reagan's personal clothing and memorabilia during renovations