English Explanatory Dictionary

potrzebie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fictional unit of length defined as the thickness of issue #26 (November 1955) of Mad Magazine, or approximately 2.26 millimetres.

Word forms

potrzebie potrzebies

Etymology

From a case form of Polish potrzeba, adopted as a catchphrase by Mad magazine in the 1950s, and applied to a system of measurement by American computer scientist Donald Knuth (then a high-schooler).

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