cocktail party

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And as MAGAdom rounded into shape, and I started telling my girlfriend about Milo Yiannopoulos, she said, “Rather than talking about this guy at a cocktail party, you should be writing a newsletter about it.”

From Slate • May 7, 2026

I did once spy him across the room at a cocktail party for Prince Andrew in the early 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

For attendees, the events offer a trip back to the age of Old Hollywood glam—and inspiration for a nostalgic cocktail party at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He said the most recent time they ran into each other was more than 10 years ago, at a cocktail party.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

It was the precursor to the cocktail party effect, named by another British researcher, Edward Colin Cherry, in 1953.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel