Definitions

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  • adjective of a cup of coffee larger than grande, usually 20 ounces
  • noun A cup of coffee larger than grande, usually 20 ounces.

Etymologies

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From the Italian venti ("twenty"), due to being twenty ounces in size.

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Examples

  • After a number of misadventures in Starbucks, I've decided that venti is Italian for rip-off.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • After a number of misadventures in Starbucks, I've decided that venti is Italian for rip-off.

    Minding Your P-s and Q-s at Brookings Michael Turton 2008

  • In that case, I will never say the word venti, ever again.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

  • In that case, I will never say the word venti, ever again.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

  • Just under 800 Democratic big shots (who if they were created today would be called venti delegates) will be the deciders.

    Allison Fine: A People Powered 21st Century Democratic Party 2008

  • No, I just don't think anyone should charge $3.85 for a large -- excuse me, "venti" -- cappuccino).

    American Beat: A Media Puppet Show 2007

  • Get up an hour early, take the A train to downtown Brooklyn and voila, you'll see savings on your large (I refuse to say "venti"!) coffee.

    Price-Point Politics 2010

  • Rosenthal's Starbucks 'story struck a nerve with many who saw the headline and assumed she'd made a stand against Starbucks' invented lexicon of words like "venti" and "grande" to mean large and medium.

    Lynne Rosenthal, Starbucks Protester, Vows To Never Go To 'Fascist' Chain Again 2010

  • We aren't talking actual drugs here, of course, but the addiction to living beyond one's means, on the edge, squeezing that last borrowed dollar out of China to live large -- be it by supersizing at McDonald's, going "venti" at Starbucks, building a McMansion on steroids, taking a lavish family vacation, or splurging on that timeshare by the beach.

    How Can the World Take Us Seriously? 2008

  • We aren't talking actual drugs here, of course, but the addiction to living beyond one's means, on the edge, squeezing that last borrowed dollar out of China to live large -- be it by supersizing at McDonald's, going "venti" at Starbucks, building a McMansion on steroids, taking a lavish family vacation, or splurging on that timeshare by the beach.

    How Can the World Take Us Seriously? Andres Martinez 2008

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  • ...wow, that's a mistery.

    April 22, 2008

  • You work at Starbucks?

    April 22, 2008

  • Hey John! Please tell me you're about to reference that incredible "We built this Starbucks" song for those who may have missed it.

    April 22, 2008

  • What, you mean the worst song ever, in all of recorded history? Maybe.

    Microsoft is trying to give them a run for their money, though.

    April 22, 2008

  • Erm. That's an Apple ad, right?

    April 22, 2008

  • OH DEAR GOD!! I JUST WATCHED BOTH VIDEO LINKS. IT'S LIKE GAPING INTO THE PORTALS OF HELL.

    THE HORROR!!!! THE HORROR!!!!

    GOD IS DEAD. THE BEAST IS ON THE MOVE. FLEE!!! FLEE!!!

    Mistah Kurtz, he dead.

    April 22, 2008

  • So, I'm torn between the two videos: I mean, that's a pretty sweet flute in the Starbucks song, but the jazzy sax is amazing in Microsoft's song, too. ...How do you find this stuff?

    April 22, 2008

  • I love spoof songs.

    April 23, 2008