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[fflo]

satisfice
v : 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 ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

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[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

Ooh! That's the perfect word I need to fit in this review of The Handsome Family's Milk and Scissors album that I'm writing:

"The music Brett provides is generally far cleverer than that on Odessa; rather than being content to satisfice and churn out a too-easy country backing for his wife’s lyrics, his melodies (like those of Stephin Merritt and Joe Pernice in their most countrified moments) take enough gently unexpected turns to earn their individuality."

Am I using that correctly, do you think? At any rate, thanks!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I do believe you are! Of course you'll send any of your (ign'ant) readers like me to their dictionary (websites)... It's got some "suffice" in it, don't you think?

If the Scissor Sisters (whom shmizla has just turned me on to) make a record called The Handsome Cream, there will be some odd mojo goin' on between those acts.

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

they are about to turn out a record called Ta-Dah! should be a good one. aadl has been notified.

[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

Heh- I sort of thought it was a cross between "satisfy" and "suffice," too. I love words like that. ("It comes with free frozen yogurt. I call it 'Frogurt'!")

I have yet to hear the Scissor Sisters, though I know lots of people like them. What do they sound like? I should've investigated them already; they've just slipped under my radar for some reason...

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I am so not good at describing musical artists using words. Maybe even worse than I am at describing what somebody looks like. I might could do a decent enough job to give it a shot if the CD were here at the office for a check-in before adjective slinging...