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An order wearing a question mark as a disguise.
means A proposal you offer someone to consider, gently enough that it doesn't sound like a command — though it sometimes is one.
from From Latin suggestionem, from suggerere — 'sub-' (under) plus 'gerere' (to carry, bring) — literally 'to carry up from below,' like a prompter feeding lines up to an actor. The word has always had this quality of planting something in someone's mind from underneath, so quietly they might mistake it for their own idea.
- boss edition
- Comes with an implicit deadline and consequences.
- menu edition
- Means the chef will judge your substitution.
- power move
- Lets you take credit if it works, distance if not.
- origin
- Latin suggerere, to carry something underneath.