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cookies

[kook-ee] Origin

cook·ie

[kook-ee]
noun
1.
a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked.
2.
Informal. dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection).
3.
Slang.
a.
a person: a smart cookie; a tough cookie.
b.
an alluring young woman.
4.
Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
5.
South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina). a doughnut.
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6.
Scot. a bun.
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7.
toss/spill one's cookies, Slang. to vomit.

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Cookies is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Also, cooky.


Origin:
1695–1705; < Dutch koekie, dialectal variant of koekje, equivalent to koek cake + -je diminutive suffix
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cook·y

[kook-ee]
noun, plural cook·ies.
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Word Origin & History

cookie
1703, Amer.Eng., from Du. koekje "little cake," dim. of koek "cake," from M.Du. koke (see cake). Slang application to persons attested since 1920. Phrase that's the way the cookie crumbles "that's the way things happen" is from 1957.
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cooky
variant of cookie.
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Science Dictionary
cookie   (kk'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site. Cookies are used to relate one computer transaction to a later one.
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