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The physics term for swagger you can measure with a ruler, not a vibe check.
means The extent of something from one surface to its opposite one, measured straight through the middle — and, informally, the trait of being obtuse or shameless.
from Straightforward: from Old English 'þicce' (thick), itself from a Germanic root (compare German 'dick'), with 'thickness' simply bolting on the noun-forming '-ness' to turn the quality into a measurable thing. The slang sense — thick-headed, thick-skinned, or thick as in curvy/bold — rides the same word, stretched from physical density to density of character.
- origin
- old english thicce meant dense, crowded, close-packed
- slang shift
- curves became compliment sometime in 90s hip hop
- measured in
- millimeters for steel, confidence for everything else
- opposite flex
- thinness never got its own anthem