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What leaves the room when charisma doesn't: energy, cash, or a bathtub, all heading the same direction.
means The process by which liquid, energy, or resources flow or seep away from where they started, usually downward or outward until there's nothing left to flow.
from From French 'draining,' rooted in the Old English 'dreahnian,' meaning to filter or strain out moisture — related to the Germanic family of words about drying something by drawing the wet out of it. The 'drain' you picture, pulling a tub empty, is the same action the word has always meant: taking the liquid, and leaving the dry behind.
- victorian obsession
- 19th-century London rebuilt itself entirely around sewer drainage.
- slang shift
- now means financial or emotional depletion, no pipes required.
- farm term
- ancient farmers dug drainage ditches before they had writing.