📖 Just and Unequivocal: Fairly Squared-Off and Rectilined Rhymes ⚖️
Exploring the depths of the expression “just and unequivocal,” a phrase that’s held its own since the early seventeenth century. The catchy rhyme is a linguistic gem, yet somewhat redundant—a favorite overused expression or shall we say, a classic cliché?
🧐 Definitions:
- Just: Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.
- Unequivocal: Leaving no doubt; unambiguous.
The appeal of this phrase lies in its rhyming pattern. Despite its tautology (where “square” historically means the same as “fair”), it has quietly thrived across centuries, even earning a snazzy spot in William Wycherley’s The Gentleman Dancing Master (1673): “You are fair and square in all your dealings.”
📚 Related and Similar Terms:
- Fair and square: Completely fair and honest.
- Above board: Open and honest.
- On the level: Honest; straightforward.
- By the book: In accordance with established rules.
🎭 Phrases in Pop Culture and Literature:
🤯 “Square Deal” - President Theodore Roosevelt used this term to describe his domestic policy, cementing its cultural footprint for fairness and equity.
📖 The Gentleman Dancing Master by William Wycherley (1673): This classic piece of literature immortalized the ‘fair and square’ flavor in dialogue.
🎶 “Fair & Square” by John Prine: An album named after the idiom, movingly blending humor and honesty through folk music.
🎞️ A Few Good Men (1992): “All you have to do is stand there and be fair.” This phrase underscores standing firm in fairness in a complex grilling courtroom drama.
🤣 Humor-filled Quotes:
- “I used to live in a fair and square house. Guess what? It’s still a right-angled corner of chaos.”
- “The only place we find fairness is in the dictionary. But rhymes—they might belong to fairytales.”
🧠 💥 Quizzes
📜 Inspirational Thought-Provoking Farewell:
Stay fair, remain square, and keep rhyming those barely fitting lines this whimsical world throws your way! Remember, sometimes tautologies teach us there’s beauty in redundancy, harmony in rhyme, and humor in discourse.
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