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Cheerios
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cheerios
English
Etymology
Introduced on May 2, 1941, as “Cheerioats”: en cheery + en oats. The name was shortened to “Cheerios” on December 2, 1945, after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term oats.John McDonough and Karen Egolf The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising https://books.google.com/books?id=QpLtCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1282 Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers 2002.
Pronunciation
en /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊz/ RP
en /ˈt͡ʃɪɹ.i.oʊz/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Cheerios.wav US
Proper noun
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A toroidal toasted oat cereal made by General Mills.
Derived terms
en Cheerios effect
en piss in someone's Cheerios
en shit in someone's Cheerios
Translations
cereal
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 脆穀樂 Cuìgǔlè
Finnish: fi Cheerios
French: fr Cheerios
Italian: it Cheerios
Portuguese: pt Cheerios
Noun
en noun form
en Cheerio
Quotations
en
References
en Breakfast cereals