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A comment dressed casually enough to deny ever wanting attention.
means A brief comment someone makes to note or point something out, typically in passing rather than at length.
from From French remarquer, built from re- (again, intensifying) plus marquer (to mark). To remark something was literally to mark it again in your mind — to notice it well enough to flag it — before the word settled into meaning the small spoken flag itself: the noticing turned into speech.
- origin
- From French remarquer, to mark again, notice
- social function
- Lets you opine while keeping plausible deniability
- sibling word
- Remarkable just means worth a second glance
- danger zone
- Offhand remarks cause most unintended arguments