Cookie Monstern.

Brit.

/ˈkʊkɪ ˌmɒnstə/, U.S.

/ˈkʊki ˌmɑnstər/

Forms: see cookie n. and monster n., adv., and adj.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Cookie Monster.

Etymology: < the name of the Cookie Monster, a character who devours cookies in the U.S. children's educational television show Sesame Street (1969 onwards).

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

A person who or thing which resembles the Cookie Monster in being voraciously hungry or insatiably greedy; someone or something that devours things indiscriminately.In quot. 2014 with play on cookie n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > one who

surfeiter1483

gulch1602

overeater1621

guzzlera1704

chowhound1917

gutbucket1919

Cookie Monster1971

comfort eater1972

chugger1977

1971 Somerset (Pa.) Daily Amer. 23 Oct. 1/3 An oven with five rotating shelves can bake enough cookies, cupcakes, and cakes at once..to satisfy a colony of Cookie Monsters.

1985 Computerworld (Nexis) 6 Feb. 37 The EL displays are Cookie Monsters in the way they need power, and the battery is good for only an hour and a half.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Outlook section) 21 [He] warned that federal spending was turning into a ‘Cookie Monster’ ready to gobble up everything in its path.

2014 World Today 70 18 (heading) Big Brother is cashing in on you... The internet's cookie monsters are harvesting your secrets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cookie monster
释义	Cookie Monstern. Brit. /ˈkʊkɪ ˌmɒnstə/, U.S. /ˈkʊki ˌmɑnstər/ Forms: see cookie n. and monster n., adv., and adj. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Cookie Monster. Etymology: < the name of the Cookie Monster, a character who devours cookies in the U.S. children's educational television show Sesame Street (1969 onwards). colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). A person who or thing which resembles the Cookie Monster in being voraciously hungry or insatiably greedy; someone or something that devours things indiscriminately.In quot. 2014 with play on cookie n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > one who surfeiter1483 gulch1602 overeater1621 guzzlera1704 chowhound1917 gutbucket1919 Cookie Monster1971 comfort eater1972 chugger1977 1971 Somerset (Pa.) Daily Amer. 23 Oct. 1/3 An oven with five rotating shelves can bake enough cookies, cupcakes, and cakes at once..to satisfy a colony of Cookie Monsters. 1985 Computerworld (Nexis) 6 Feb. 37 The EL displays are Cookie Monsters in the way they need power, and the battery is good for only an hour and a half. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Outlook section) 21 [He] warned that federal spending was turning into a ‘Cookie Monster’ ready to gobble up everything in its path. 2014 World Today 70 18 (heading) Big Brother is cashing in on you... The internet's cookie monsters are harvesting your secrets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1971
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