What is a Condensate? An Introduction for Laymen

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Hi and sorry for lame question. I was watching a video on youtube, Demystifying the Higgs Boson with Leonard Susskind. He talks a lot about condensates when trying to explain how the Higgs field works. Or more precisely the mechanism for how electrons, quarks etc get mass.

I sort of follow but as I am just an interested layman, I found it difficult to understand the concept.

Could someone be kind enough to give me the Dummies version please.

Thanks
 
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