SATISFICE

satisfice, satisfise

(verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; “optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)

(obsolete, transitive) To satisfy.

Etymology 2

Verb

satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)

(sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.

Source: Wiktionary



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15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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