cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

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English

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs (not comparable)

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