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A box of chocolates with commitment issues — one of everything, none of enough.
means A collection of different things gathered together, offering variety rather than depth in any one item.
from From French 'assortiment,' rooted in 'assortir' — to sort things so they match or go well together, built from 'a-' (to) plus 'sortir,' here meaning to arrange by sort or kind, from Latin 'sors' (lot, share, category). So the word's bones are about sorting and matching, even though in practice an assortment is really a truce between items that don't quite match at all.
- etymology
- from sorting, literally things grouped by type
- hidden rule
- always includes one flavor nobody wants
- marketing trick
- implies variety while hiding limited stock
- math problem
- more choice, same box, less of what you liked