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A folder pretending your scattered choices were always a strategy.
means A curated collection of work, investments, or holdings assembled to show range, skill, or risk spread.
from From Italian portafoglio — porta (carry) plus foglio (leaf, sheet of paper), itself from Latin folium. It originally meant a case for carrying loose papers, which is exactly why the word still smells faintly of someone trying to look organized.
- original use
- Held government bonds for traveling diplomats
- art world shift
- Painters used it to mean 'proof of talent'
- finance rule
- Diversification exists because one leaf can blow away
- modern irony
- Now often just a screenshot folder on your phone