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Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a certain excess in the object... it is the desirous element that can reside in any object (e.g. A shirt that was once worn by elvis).

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a certain excess that is in the object more than the object. It is the desirous element that can reside in any object: The drive towards some elusive point of consummation that may be quite incidental to the object itself (e.g. A shirt that was once worn by elvis).

The Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a mysterious je ne sais quoi, the unfathomable 'something' that makes an ordinary object sublime.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a privileged object emerging from the self-mutilation induced by the very approach of the real through which the subject takes an interest in his own split, an interest which is bound up with that which determines it.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term that brings to our attention just how much human life is founded, especially where love is concerned, on little things, on tiny particularities, reminiscent of the father, the mother, a brother, a sister, someone from childhood, also play their role in women's choice of love object.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an object that holds the promise of, at least partial, fulfillment but which can never fully deliver it in a once-and-for-all way.

Objet petit a (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a way, posited by the desire itself. The paradox of desire is that it posits retroactively its own cause, i.e., an object that can be perceived only by the look 'distorted' by desire, an object that does not exist for an 'objective' look.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠objectively nothing. It is a 'nothing' which assumes the shape of a 'something' because desire takes off when something gives positive existence to its nothing, to its void.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that in the object which transcends the object. For example, the fact that gays were required to meet furtively in dark alleys, far from being an obstacle to fulfillment, was effectively the cause of fulfillment. Without these conditions the transgressiveness would wane.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that something about an object whose authenticity cannot be represented or substantialized and which is but a reflection of the drive to complete the (broken) circuit of enjoyment and to be reconciled with (impossible) desire itself.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the cause of desire rather than that toward which desire tends. It should be noted that 'cause' is in fact about anxiety, and thus, the true meaning of causality should be looked for in the phenomenon of anxiety.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the feature on account of which we desire... the desired object (some detail, tic, which we are usually unaware of and sometimes even misperceive it as the obstacle, as that in spite of which we desire the object).

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the object elevated to a 'thing', an anamorphic object which in order to see we must look at awry or askew.

The Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the real real -the small difference that makes a difference.

Objet petit a (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the tiny detail whose presence magically transubstantiates its bearer into an alien.