VALUE not precious + TERMS.md disambiguation pass - all confusable pairs

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@@ -457,3 +457,20 @@ Elrond about Aragorn, "All that is gold does not glitter." In-world
 author: Bilbo Baggins; out-of-world author: Prof. Tolkien. Both
 credited, because we hold provenance from every direction the record
 has.
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+## NOT PRECIOUS
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+**Statement:** Clarity does not require length. Don't be precious,
+don't be pedantic — say it short, say it plain, mean it completely.
+**Why:** ceremony around words is how small minds guard small ideas.
+Precision is a duty; solemnity is optional decoration, and most
+nights it's just fog with good posture.
+**Origin:** Will, after catching Neuron being both pedantic and
+precious in the same hour: "Clearly I mean the guy who did Watchmen,
+lol... clarity does not require length."
+**Examine:** could a tired person at midnight repeat this back
+correctly? Did we spend more words guarding the phrasing than the
+idea deserved? Is anything here polished because it's true — or
+because someone fell in love with typing it?