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Everyone claims to be one; most are just unreturned copies with confidence.
means The first version of something, or someone genuinely unlike the copies that followed.
from From Latin originalis, from origo meaning 'beginning' or 'source,' itself from oriri, 'to rise' or 'to be born' — the same root that gives us 'orient,' as in where the sun rises. So an original is, literally, a thing traced back to its rising point, its birth — before anyone else got their hands on it.
- etymology
- from latin origo, meaning birth or source
- irony
- the word is itself unoriginal, reused for centuries
- art world
- originality often just means hiding your influences well
- paradox
- calling yourself original is the least original move