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fortune cookie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

First attested in 1942 (see quotations below). The slang sense is from the canine vulva resembling the cleft shape of the snack.

Meanings

1. A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.
   • “The Chinese restaurant code. It states that the fortune cookie is not to be taken lightly. Now what do you mean to be doing with this fortune cookie anyway, lad?” 2009, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Stripmalling, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 23:
   • […]the Chinese atmosphere of the afternoon was pleasantly deepened with real Chinese tea, fortune cookies and honest to goodness ginger which Mrs. Palmtag managed to find some place (in Monterey)[…] 1942 May 8, The Carmel Pine Cone:
   • I read my future in a fortune cookie / Without any safety procedure in mind 2006, “Courtesy Laughs”, in It's Never Been Like That, performed by Phoenix:
   • For dessert, a dish of preserved fruits—perhaps Chinese kumquats, each speared with its individual toothpick, and a plate of Chinese fortune cookies (Mai Ping), crisp, thin, folded rice cakes, each containing a little slip of paper with a lucky proverb or fortune. 1942 July 14, House & Garden:
2. A quote-of-the-day feature (especially on *nix systems.)
3. (slang) The vulva of canine species.
   • that's why I love wearing a skirt with no underwear! plus if you see someone cute you can flash them your plump juicy fortune cookie and tease them when they get an obvious bulge with a wet spot :3 2025 July 27, @talkshowghost.com, Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026:

Forms

Translations (28)

fi onnenkeksi (snack) · nl gelukskoekje (snack) · af fortuinkoekie (computing) · de Glückskeks (computing) · ca galeta de la fortuna (snack) · es galleta de la fortuna (snack) · sv lyckokaka (snack) · pl ciasteczko z wróżbą (computing) · eo sortobiskvito (snack) · ja 辻占煎餅 (snack) · ar كَعْكَة الحَظّ (snack) · hu szerencsesüti (snack) · th คุกกี้เสี่ยงทาย (snack) · cmn 籤餅 /签饼 (snack) · ja フォーチュン・クッキー (snack) · mn азын жигнэмэг (snack) · ro prăjitură cu răvaș (snack) · pl ciasteczko z wróżbą (snack) · tr şans kurabiyesi (snack) · ko 포춘 쿠키 (snack) · de Glückskeks (snack) · af fortuinkoekie (snack) · fr biscuit chinois (snack) · et õnneküpsis (snack) · pt biscoito da sorte (snack) · fr biscuit porte-bonheur (snack) · ru пече́нье сча́стья (snack) · cmn 簽餅 /签饼 (snack)