cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

English

Etymology

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

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.'