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Fabric you tie around your throat to signal you can be trusted with money.
means A general term for items worn around the neck, like ties, scarves, and bow ties, usually for decoration or dress code compliance.
from A straightforward compound of 'neck' and 'wear,' the same pattern as 'footwear' or 'underwear' — English loves stitching body parts to 'wear' to name whole categories of clothing. The word itself arrived as commerce needed a catch-all term for cravats, ties, and collars once the necktie industry got big enough to need a department.
- origin
- croatian mercenaries sparked the necktie trend in france
- etymology
- cravat comes from hrvat meaning croat
- function
- solves zero problems, invents the one it solves
- power move
- loosening it signals the workday just ended