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cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs adjective: crazy, insane, irrational.

Adjective

cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs (not comparable)

  1. (US, slang) Crazy, insane, irrational.
    • This girl is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke)
    • 'She's totally cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.'2010, Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

Origin of cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

Catchphrase of Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the cartoon mascot of the General Mills breakfast cereal Cocoa Puffs: "I go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!" See cuckoo (“crazy”).

Questions about cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

What does cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs mean?
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs means crazy, insane, irrational.
What part of speech is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs is an adjective.

Words near cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs in the dictionary

  1. cuckoo clocks
  2. cuckoo cries
  3. cuckoo cry
  4. cuckoo dove
  5. cuckoo doves
  6. cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
  7. cuckoo hashing
  8. cuckoo pint
  9. cuckoo pints
  10. cuckoo sign
  11. cuckoo signs

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