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diminishing marginal returns

phenomenon in which greater input of effort, money, etc. yields smaller results. Crucial part of the idea is that if you're using x to get y results (where y is the thing you want). then additional input a will yield additional results b, but not in the same proportion as before.

On average, before, you put in x to get y, so your yield was y/x. But if you increase x by amount a, then your results will be y + b, where

(y + b)/(x + a) < y/x

and this will only get worse.

Diminishing marginal returns (DMR) is used to explain why the supply curve in economics slopes upward, i.e., increasing the quantity supplied requires an increased price of most things.

Sometimes DMR is more than offset by "economies of scale," which allows more of a thing to be supplied more cheaply than a small amount.
At first his flowers and treats swept her off her feet, but then he had to do more and more lavish things to please her. It was a classic case of diminishing marginal returns.
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margolis

last name of an awesome person, if you ever meet one, take them home with you...in handcuffs
"Damn that Margolis kid is hott, I just wanna take him home in my fuzzy handcuffs and do all sorts of things to him"

"What kind of things?"

"Baddd things."
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marginalize

To opress; to blackball; to malign, smear, defame, or discredit; to lower public or private opinion--or the status--of an individual or group through hateful, deceitful, or misguided speech or action.
1. If you're a RACIST--regardless of YOUR color--you marginalize people on the basis of THEIR color.

2. "Let's marginalize Sarah--make her look like a stupid hick--that'll take her down a peg or two!"
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Marciland

"It's a world of neverending happiness. You can always see the sun - day... or night." -- Prince

My own little happy world.

Feel free to replace Marci with your first name.
In Marciland, "everyone is a pony, and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies." -- Dr Seuss
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Margit

Is a norwegian name and means pearl. She's a funny and cute girl with lots of impulsivity and caring. She may think she's the duff but in reality she's the most splended girl who can get any guy she wants. Margit has a tendency to push people away when they get to close because she's like a bird, she can't be tamed
Margit is art. What the fuck do you expect from her, other than confusion, beauty and a goddamn soul?
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Magill

Noun: Waste of skin, usually unemployed and involuntarily celibate.

Verb: To lay around all day in bed, usually playing video games or binge watching TV series'.
Me: Can I get a week off work next month?

Boss: Sure, anything nice planned?
Me: Just gonna magill to be honest
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Marilde

The het ship between Mariam and Childe. (Tartaglia)
Dude, Marilde is the best ship EVER.
I totally agree.
by komaeda. March 10, 2021
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