A paradox of choice in which people's decisions produce inconsistencies with subjective expected utility theory.

A choice problem designed to show an inconsistency of actual observed choices with the predictions of expected utility theory.

(slang, dated) A social meeting of women for tea and gossip.

plural of paradise crane

Synonym of blue crane

(chiefly Canada) An outdoor gathering held in a wooded area or a field, especially one attended primarily by young people at which alcohol is drunk.

Synonym of paper bag party

(US, historical) A (possibly apocryphal) social event to which only those whose skin color passed the "brown bag test" were admitted.

(Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Regent's Park College, Oxford.

(US, chiefly historical) A social gathering at which singing and dancing games are played, frequently held in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American South and Midwest.