potrzebie

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English

Etymology

A Polish-language word form 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)

Noun

potrzebie (plural potrzebies)

  1. (sciences) A fictional unit of length defined in terms of the width of a particular edition of Mad Magazine

Polish

Noun

potrzebie

  1. dative singular of potrzeba
  2. locative singular of potrzeba