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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouseadj. Slang 1. Unimportant; trivial: "It's a Mickey Mouse operation compared to what goes on in Lyons or Paris" (Jack Higgins).2. Intellectually unchallenging; simple: His Mickey Mouse assignments soon bored the students.
[After the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, , created by Walt Disney.]Mickey Mouse adj (sometimes not capitals) 1. ineffective; trivial; insignificant: he settled for a Mickey Mouse job instead of something challenging. 2. (Music, other) chiefly US and Canadian (of music, esp that of dance bands) mechanical or spiritless [C20: from the name of a cartoon character created by Walt Disney, known for his simple-minded attitudes]mick′ey mouse`
adj. (often caps.) 1. trite; corny: mickey mouse music. 2. petty or trivial: mickey mouse activities.[1935–40, Amer.; after the animated cartoon character created by Walt Disney]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Mickey Mouse - a fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney |
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mickey mouse1. noun, slang Something that is trivial or insignificant. All I ever do at this job is a lot of mickey mouse.2. noun, slang A police officer. You hear those sirens? Mickey mouse is getting closer—we need to move it.3. noun, slang A small piece of paper containing LSD and imprinted with an image of Mickey Mouse. Got any mickey mouse I can buy?4. adjective, slang Trivial or insignificant. She needs to get a real job instead of wasting time with this mickey mouse internship.See also: mickey, mousemickey mouse1. n. nonsense; something trivial. (From the world-famous mouse character by the same name, owned by The Walt Disney Company.) This is just a lot of mickey mouse. 2. mod. trivial; time wasting; lousy. I want out of this mickey mouse place. 3. n. a police officer. (Streets.) Mickey mouse is hanging around asking about you. 4. n. a bit of blotter impregnated with LSD with a picture of The Walt Disney Company’s Mickey Mouse on it. (Drugs.) How much is the mickey mouse? See also: mickey, mousemickey mouseTrivial, unimportant, petty. The term, sometimes capitalized (Mickey Mouse), alludes to the cartoon character appearing in Walt Disney films which by the mid-1930s had become childish and silly. It acquired widespread use during World War II, when soldiers used it to describe absurd regulations and petty discipline, and thereafter was applied to almost anything. Studs Terkel used it in American Dreams (1979), “We got a Mickey Mouse educational system that doesn’t teach us . . . how the government works.”See also: mickey, mouseMickey Mouse
Mickey Mousesqueaky-voiced cartoon hero; the term is often used in alluding to things of minor significance or expense. [Am. Cinema: EB, VI: 862; Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.]See: InexpensivenessAcronymsSeeMM |