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The thing you do well enough that other people stop pretending they can do it too.
means A particular skill, subject, or product that someone concentrates on and is especially good at or known for.
from From French spécialité, built on Latin specialis meaning 'particular' or 'individual' — itself from species, 'a particular kind or appearance.' So a speciality is literally your own particular 'kind' of thing, carved out from the general. British and Commonwealth English kept the fuller 'speciality'; American English clipped it down to 'specialty,' though both trace back to the same Latin root.
- vs specialty
- British English prefers the extra syllable, Americans trimmed it
- origin
- from Latin specialis, meaning not general
- restaurant use
- the dish the chef actually wants you to order
- career logic
- narrowing focus is how amateurs become irreplaceable