# @gravitonomy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXCi6SAj5wD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64022712-gravitonomy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-12T17:20:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Gravitonomy (@gravitonomy) — https://gondola.cc/gravitonomy

## Caption

The phrase o’clock comes from older English where people would say “of the clock” to specify time clearly when mechanical clocks became common. Over time, “of the” was shortened in speech to just “o,” giving us expressions like three o’clock.

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