the.com/mention
The smallest unit of fame, weaponized into a notification that ruins dinners.
means To refer to or note something briefly, in passing, without going into detail.
from From Latin 'mentio' — a calling to mind, a bringing-up — rooted in the same family as 'mens,' the mind, and 'memini,' to remember. It reached English through Old French 'mencion.' So a mention has always been, at heart, a thing dragged out of memory and set briefly on the table — which is fitting for a word that now travels with an @ in front of it.
- origin
- From Latin mentio, meaning a calling to mind
- social spark
- The @ symbol turned a name into a summons
- honorable kind
- A way to lose while still being praised
- legal weight
- Aforementioned means we already covered this