Is ad lib short for anything?
Improv comedy is all about the ability to ad lib lines based on what other performers are doing. The phrase ad lib is a shortened form of the Latin ad libitum, "at one's pleasure," or "as much as one likes," combining ad-, or "to," and libitum, "please" or "pleasure."
Improv comedy is all about the ability to ad lib lines based on what other performers are doing. The phrase ad lib is a shortened form of the Latin ad libitum, "at one's pleasure," or "as much as one likes," combining ad-, or "to," and libitum, "please" or "pleasure."
