mickey mouse
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.
Example Sentences
- "Silly greed and social ambition and being an orphan seem to have done the job—and maybe the times. The author uses Mickey Mouse historiography to recall the times:"
- ""They are putting a Mickey Mouse operation on the ice," added Gretzky, who extended apologies to New Jersey goaltenders Ron Low and Chico Resch."
- "You mean, somebody who, for example, is a retired Army officer, has been teaching, as you do in the Army about half the time for about 30 years, you mean he couldn't go in and teach in the school' cause he didn't take some Mickey Mouse course in education at a state university?"
- "California (78-67): This is no Mickey Mouse outfit, even though Disney is buying into the team. / The Angels didn't make many changes in personnel during the winter."
- "Mr. [Kash] Patel said he would not tolerate any more “Mickey Mouse operations,” an official on the call recounted. It was one of his few utterances without profanity, the person added."
Etymology
From Mickey, a diminutive of the given name Michael, + mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature. The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Mickey Mouses (plural)
Mickey Mice (plural)