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When things stop touching and start becoming each other.
means To blend two or more things so thoroughly that they form one smooth, unified whole.
from Likely a blend itself — a portmanteau of 'melt' and 'weld' that surfaced in the early 20th century, possibly popularized through card games like canasta where players 'meld' sets together. Fittingly, a word about fusing things was probably made by fusing two others.
- card game origin
- meld meant declaring a winning combo in pinochle
- etymology trick
- blend of melt and weld, itself a meld
- star trek boost
- mind meld made it sound irreversible and a little scary