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When understanding isn’t enough…just ”over stand”.
Heard it explained once that they “do not stand under the law,” therefore they “overstand” it.
It’s obstinacy mixed with idiocy.
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I believe the switch from understand to overstand has to do with feelings of sovereignty and not being “under” someone.
This is what I was trying to describe and it’s just linguistic hullabaloo. The word “understand” has absolutely nothing to do with literally standing under anything/one. It simply means to comprehend. This under/overstand distinction is borne out of ignorance and nothing more.
I though Nas made up that word.
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