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A curated excuse to own more tools than problems you actually have.
means A collected set of tools, methods, or resources assembled for doing a particular kind of work.
from A straightforward compound of 'tool' (Old English 'tol', related to an old root meaning 'to make or prepare') plus 'kit' (a container or set of equipment, originally meaning a wooden tub or vessel, later extended to any collection of gear carried together — as in a soldier's kit). The combination is a modern, practical coinage, with 'toolkit' moving beyond its literal carpenter's box sense in the 20th century to describe any assembled set of skills, software, or strategies for a job.
- etymology
- tool plus kit, 1800s practical compound
- psychology
- owning one feels like progress without doing work
- metaphor use
- now means skills, not actual screwdrivers
- irony
- often missing the one tool you need now