# Dunkin Donuts takes on Etymology

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**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-takes-on-etymology/441084 "2008-03-12T07:02:47Z")\
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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]  
Care to explain the logic behind tall = small, then?  
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When Starbucks started out, the sizes were Short, Tall, and Grande. But Americans, being the horrific pig-mouthed dietary garbage disposals that they are, demanded an even large size, so they came up with the “Venti” - or “Twenty,” as in 20 oz. Eventually so few customers bothered with the short, in their insatiable greed for larger sizes, that the company essentially removed it from the menu.

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