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the state where two strands agreed to never speak straight again.
means Tied or tangled into knots, or twisted up tightly — whether describing rope, muscles, stomachs, or nerves.
from From Old English 'cnotta,' a knot or fastening, with Germanic cousins like Dutch 'knot' and German 'Knoten.' The same family gave us 'knit' and possibly 'knob' — a cluster of words built around the idea of small, hard, bound-up lumps. 'Knotted' is simply the past participle put to work as an adjective: a thing that has been knotted and now must live with the consequences. The silent 'k,' once pronounced, is a fossil of older English speech, when you really did say the 'k-not.'
- topology
- Mathematicians classify knots, but cannot fully untangle their theory
- sailor proof
- A bowline holds tighter the harder you pull
- earphone curse
- Cords spontaneously knot in pockets via physics, proven by study
- strongest
- Constrictor knot is nearly impossible to untie intact
- surgery
- Surgeons tie knots inside bodies they cannot see
the true lover's knot — decorative knot design with intertwined loops, appears in heraldry and jewelry symbolizing fidelity since medieval times
the figure eight knot — climbing and sailing knot that is stronger than the overhand knot, standard in rock climbing since the 1970s