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The living proof that you can't undo biology, only pass it along.
means The children or descendants produced by a person, animal, or plant.
from Built from Old English 'of' (away, forth from) plus 'spring' in its original sense of leaping or springing forth — the same root as a spring of water bursting from the ground. Your offspring are literally what sprang off you, a lineage imagined as water jetting outward from a source.
- same root
- spring meant leap before it meant season
- grammar quirk
- identical singular and plural, like sheep
- biology use
- applies to plants, animals, and humans equally
- band name
- also a 90s punk rock group