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A place small enough that no one else wanted it first.
means A private place—often small or out of the way—where you go to be hidden from others or simply left alone.
from Straightforward English carpentry: 'hide' (Old English hydan, to conceal) plus the directional 'away,' bolted together as a noun in the 1800s. No hidden twist here—the word means exactly what it looks like it means, which is itself a small, quiet joke.
- word drift
- Once meant a fugitive's shelter, now means a nice Airbnb
- marketing magic
- Real estate listings use it to disguise remoteness as romance
- psychology bit
- Humans seek hideaways most when overstimulated, not when lonely