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What strangers assume about you before you've said a single word.
means The general opinion that others hold about a person's character, based on past actions and what's been said about them.
from From Latin 'reputare' meaning 'to think over, reckon, consider' — built from 're-' (again) plus 'putare' (to reckon, settle an account, think). The same 'putare' gives us 'compute' and 'dispute,' so a reputation is literally a tally others keep, an account they reckon up about you each time your name comes up.
- built slow
- takes years to earn, seconds to torch
- not yours
- you own the effort, others own the verdict
- math trick
- one bad story outweighs ten good ones
- the irony
- people who chase it hardest trust it least