what do you want, a cookie
English
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Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒt də ju ˈwɒnt | ə ˈkʊki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwʌt də jə ˈwɑnt | ə ˈkʊki/, /- ˈwʌnt -/
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Phrase
edit- (rhetorical question, sarcastic) A retort to someone who has done something unsurprising or unimpressive and has deemed it necessary to mention it.
- 1994, R. Jeffrey Ringer, Queer Words, Queer Images: Communication and Construction of Homosexuality, →ISBN, page 230:
- "I was straight to the point - "Laurie, I'm gay." "Bernard, I've known that for a long time. So, what do you want, a cookie? Now deal the cards!"
- 2001, Mary Rogers, Drop Your Webbings! (from Class Acts: High School Plays by High School Writers →ISBN by Randy Lee Hartwig), p.30
- DOLL. Buzzet attacked me last night. I have scars! Look at my arm! And my hair is flat too!
- SPIDER. What do you want a cookie?
- 2004, James H. Taylor, Curiosity Killed the Chelsea Boy, →ISBN, page 153:
- "I wait for ju, five minute," He says. "Well what do you want, a cookie" I tell him and he looks at me like he does not understand."
- 2006, Antonio Garza, The House with the Magic Cellar: Realm: I, →ISBN, page 103:
- "The way I see it, I'm already doing all the work, and I'm doing the spells and incantations," stated Bowolf. "So what do you want, a cookie?" laughed Prolok.
- Synonym: what do you want, a medal?