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The art of not being the heaviest thing in the room, including yourself.
means A light, playful lack of seriousness, especially when gravity (literal or emotional) would seem more fitting.
from From Latin 'levis,' meaning light in weight — the same root that gives us 'levitate' and 'lever.' It arrived in English as the direct counterpart to 'gravity' (from 'gravis,' heavy), so the two words were built as opposites from the start: one makes things fall and feel solemn, the other makes them float and feel unserious.
- etymology
- from latin levis, meaning light in weight
- opposite of
- gravity, literally and emotionally
- best used
- exactly when the moment feels too serious
- risk
- deployed wrong, reads as not caring