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When every option is correct and you still can't pick one.

means A state of being stuck between two or more choices, unable to decide which way to go.

from Its roots are genuinely murky — etymologists have guessed at a corruption of the Latin 'quando' (when) or a link to 'quandary' as a mock-Latin coinage from English wits playing with the language, but nothing is confirmed. It surfaces in English in the 1500s already wearing its present meaning, as if it walked in mid-sentence with no origin story to offer — which feels fitting for a word about being stumped.

origin theory
possibly from latin quando, meaning when
not
a minor inconvenience, that is a hassle
feels like
two good choices fighting for your soul
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