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The walk of something trying to convince you it's fine.
means To walk unevenly because one leg or foot is injured or weak, favoring the good side.
from From Old English *limpan family of words tied to being feeble or flaccid, surfacing in Middle English as 'lympen' — to halt or fall short. It shares a root pool with 'limp' the adjective (soft, flexible), which is possibly fitting: both describe something that's lost its firmness, one in a leg, the other in a handshake.
- origin
- old english word for weak, flaccid motion
- double duty
- describes both gaits and spines
- linguistic irony
- a weak word for weakness, itself sounds floppy