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What generally counts as "a couple," "a few," and "several"?

For me it's: - a couple = 2-3 - a few = 3-6 - several = 6...
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26
wrt beer(s) "a few" is 6+ deep actually probably ...
180 nudist organic girlfriend potus
  04/29/26
...
Chest-beating Hospital Background Story
  04/29/26
What about the 24 oz natty ice?
Maroon Locus
  04/29/26
it's always "a few"
180 nudist organic girlfriend potus
  04/29/26
no, it's always "only a couple"/"only a few&q...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
180
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26
I can go as low as 3 for "several" but other than ...
Chest-beating Hospital Background Story
  04/29/26
"a couple" = 2 "a few" = 3 "s...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
yeah this is what I thought too. well the closest I have see...
Maroon Locus
  04/29/26
would you prefer "scads of" = 13+ -or- &q...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
loads
180 nudist organic girlfriend potus
  04/29/26
well its not that I have an issue with "many" its ...
Maroon Locus
  04/29/26
here's how I do it: 1. one 2. a couple 3. a few 4(a) sev...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
"Many" is incredibly context-relevant to me. I'd u...
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26
This is correct, except "quite a few" overlaps wit...
multi-colored hell
  04/29/26
quite a few people overstate their charitable contributions,...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
Have never heard anyone use "a couple" for anythin...
Maroon Locus
  04/29/26
I have heard people say "a throuple of" when they ...
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
same, but just when they say "throuple"
multi-colored hell
  04/29/26
For me its Meaning is 2 but I use it other ways.
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26
how about "a handful of"
Chest-beating Hospital Background Story
  04/29/26
a passel is like more than I could carry in my arms
180 nudist organic girlfriend potus
  04/29/26
...
Chest-beating Hospital Background Story
  04/29/26
a handful could be 4-6
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
3-1000 depending on what it's relative to. Actually maybe mo...
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26
More than one
seedy home
  04/29/26
A couple is always two with the caveat that it could have po...
puce toilet seat stead
  04/29/26
...
Chest-beating Hospital Background Story
  04/29/26
I prefer plenitudinous
trip fortuitous meteor filthpig
  04/29/26
180 and surprisingly accurate
poppy twisted nibblets
  04/29/26


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Date: April 29th, 2026 12:45 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

For me it's:

- a couple = 2-3

- a few = 3-6

- several = 6+ but usually like 6-20

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850317)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 12:49 AM
Author: 180 nudist organic girlfriend potus

wrt beer(s) "a few" is 6+ deep

actually probably more than that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850322)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:01 AM
Author: Chest-beating Hospital Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850340)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:05 AM
Author: Maroon Locus

What about the 24 oz natty ice?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850349)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:12 AM
Author: 180 nudist organic girlfriend potus

it's always "a few"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850359)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:19 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

no, it's always "only a couple"/"only a few"/"barely any"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850373)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:06 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850429)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:02 AM
Author: Chest-beating Hospital Background Story

I can go as low as 3 for "several" but other than that I share your assessment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850341)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:02 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

"a couple" = 2

"a few" = 3

"several" = 4-7

"quite a few" = 8-11

"a dozen" = 12

"many" = 13+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850343)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:04 AM
Author: Maroon Locus

yeah this is what I thought too. well the closest I have seen itt. idk about many being 13+ I think I use that for less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850345)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:16 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

would you prefer

"scads of" = 13+

-or-

"lots of" = 13+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850368)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:21 AM
Author: 180 nudist organic girlfriend potus

loads

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850377)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:33 AM
Author: Maroon Locus

well its not that I have an issue with "many" its that I just didn't realize many had to be that many. I think I would say many for like 6, but its context dependent. To me a couple is clearly 2, and a few is 3 and a dozen is 12 but most of these other ones are just winged and heavily depend on the actual context. You might say "many raccoons" if you see like 7 of them, but 7 dollars isn't that many

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850395)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:05 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

here's how I do it:

1. one

2. a couple

3. a few

4(a) several = 4-7

4(b) a few more = +3

4(c) several more = +4..7

so 8 = several + several more or several + a couple more or a couple + several more



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850426)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:07 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

"Many" is incredibly context-relevant to me. I'd use it for 2, I'd use it for 900K.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850431)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:30 AM
Author: multi-colored hell

This is correct, except "quite a few" overlaps with the range of several, and is typically context dependent. Like if we say "quite a few people overstate their charitable contributions," we mean it in terms of millions. Same with "many."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850387)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:11 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

quite a few people overstate their charitable contributions, but several sources allege there are many more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850441)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:06 AM
Author: Maroon Locus

Have never heard anyone use "a couple" for anything other than 2 before

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850351)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:17 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

I have heard people say "a throuple of" when they meant 3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850372)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:30 AM
Author: multi-colored hell

same, but just when they say "throuple"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850388)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:10 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

For me its Meaning is 2 but I use it other ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850438)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:07 AM
Author: Chest-beating Hospital Background Story

how about "a handful of"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850352)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:11 AM
Author: 180 nudist organic girlfriend potus

a passel is like more than I could carry in my arms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850356)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:12 AM
Author: Chest-beating Hospital Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850358)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:20 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

a handful could be 4-6

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850375)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:12 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

3-1000 depending on what it's relative to. Actually maybe more. "A handful of people voted for RFK" = 750K Americans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850445)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:26 AM
Author: seedy home

More than one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850382)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 1:28 AM
Author: puce toilet seat stead

A couple is always two with the caveat that it could have possibly been three but not much more

A few is the same as a couple but you're lying to make it sound larger

Several is definitely just once but you're really fibbing at this point

For everything else there's many, which goes up to a million at which point you have to use the number of digits in the figure at a minimum

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850386)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:04 AM
Author: Chest-beating Hospital Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850425)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:08 AM
Author: trip fortuitous meteor filthpig

I prefer plenitudinous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850432)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 2:13 AM
Author: poppy twisted nibblets

180 and surprisingly accurate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861518&forum_id=2)#49850446)