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The dating app word for 'infinite options, all somehow unavailable.'

means An abundant or more-than-sufficient amount of something — enough and then some.

from From Old French plenté, descending from Latin plenitas/plenus, meaning 'full.' The same Latin root gives us 'plenary' and 'plenitude' — so 'plenty' literally shares DNA with fullness itself, which makes the dating-app irony sharper: a term born from abundance now describes a feed that feels full but leaves everyone empty.

origin
from Latin plenus, meaning full
dating cliche
'plenty of fish' popularized the ironic usage
quantity trick
means enough, not actually infinite
grammar note
can be noun, adjective, or adverb
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