1. n. in a number of choices, the one considered to be easy or the easiest to do, involving the least difficulty or exertion.
2. n. the easiest of two or more possible choices.
2. n. the easiest of two or more possible choices.
Chemical castration: the soft option? More than 100 British sex offenders have volunteered for 'chemical castration'. But do the drugs make them harmless? (Aitkenhead, Demma. The Guardian. Chemical castration: the soft option? Article published 18 January 2013.)
See doss.
"It looks easy, this, but it's not. It looks like a doss, like a soft option." Mark Renton in _Trainspotting_, describing using heroin.
See doss.
"It looks easy, this, but it's not. It looks like a doss, like a soft option." Mark Renton in _Trainspotting_, describing using heroin.
by Smartjanitor June 30, 2013