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To live somewhere, or to let a thought live inside you rent-free.
means To live in a place, or to let your mind stay fixed on something for too long.
from From Old English 'dwellan,' meaning to lead astray or hinder — related to Old Norse 'dvelja,' to delay or tarry. The word originally carried a sense of being stalled or led off course, and only later settled into its cozier modern sense of 'to reside' — as if getting delayed somewhere long enough turned into living there.
- etymology
- old english dwellan meant to lead astray or hinder
- security term
- dwell time: how long hackers linger before you notice
- psychology twist
- dwelling on pain outlasts the pain itself