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The place your phone keeps warning you has no WiFi, and you go anyway.

means The world beyond walls and roofs — everything that isn't indoors.

from Built plainly from 'out' plus 'side,' English just stitched them together in the medieval period to mean the outer side of something — a door, a wall, a body. Over time it widened from a surface to a whole realm: not just the outer side of the house, but all the air and weather and ground beyond it.

invented when
before indoors, technically
sunlight benefit
makes vitamin D for free
common myth
cold air alone does not cause colds
touch grass
actual advice, not just an insult
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