Cocktail party

Cocktail party can mean:

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• Primarily, a party where cocktails are served and women may choose to wear a cocktail dress. The inventor of the cocktail party is said to be Alec Waugh, who found a need for this pleasant interlude before a dinner party.
• In cognition studies of information processing, another term for the source separation problem.
• The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is the yearly American football game between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia held at a neutral field in Jacksonville.