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==In popular culture==
There are a number of slang usages of the term "cookie". The slang use of "cookie" to mean a person, "especially an attractive woman" is attested to in print since 1920.<ref name="etymonline"/> The catchphrase "that's the way the cookie crumbles", which means "that's just the way things happen" is attested to in print in 1955.<ref name="etymonline"/> Other slang terms include "smart cookie" and "tough cookie." According to ''The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms'', a smart cookie is "someone who is clever and good at dealing with difficult situations."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutenglishidioms.com/2011/04/the-cookie-idioms-smart-cookie-tough-cookie/ |title=The Cookie Idioms: Smart Cookie, Tough Cookie |last=Mason |first=Joanne |date=28 April 2011 |website=aboutenglishidioms.com |publisher=About English Idioms |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901174800/http://www.aboutenglishidioms.com/2011/04/the-cookie-idioms-smart-cookie-tough-cookie/ |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The word "cookie" has been vulgar slang for "vagina" in the US since 1970.<ref name="Partridge, Eric 2009. p. 229">Partridge, Eric. ''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English''. Taylor & Francis, 2009. p. 229.</ref> The word "cookies" is used to refer to the contents of the stomach, often in reference to vomiting (e.g., "pop your cookies", a 1960s expression, or "toss your cookies", a 1970s expression).<ref name="Partridge, Eric 2009. p. 229"/> The expression "cookie cutter", in addition to referring literally to a culinary device used to cut [[Rolling pin|rolled]] cookie dough into shapes, is also used metaphorically to refer to items or things "having the same configuration or look as many others" (e.g., a "cookie cutter [[tract house]]") or to label something as "stereotyped or formulaic" (e.g., an action movie filled with "generic cookie cutter characters").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cookie-cutter |title=cookie-cutter |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=dictionary.com |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901224048/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cookie-cutter |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
"Cookie duster" is a whimsical expression for a [[mustache]].

[[Cookie Monster]] is a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] on the [[children's television series|children's television show]] ''[[Sesame Street]].'' He is best known for his voracious appetite for cookies and his famous eating phrases, such as "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!" (or simply "COOKIE!"), and "Om nom nom nom" (said through a mouth full of food).<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4432415.stm |title=Cookie Monster curbs cookie habit |date=2005-04-11 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2008-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308132543/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4432415.stm |archive-date=2008-03-08 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="first">{{cite video |date=7 April 2004 |title=Sesame Street - "The First Time Me Eat Cookie" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2z4GqUSd8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031042052/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2z4GqUSd8 |archive-date=31 October 2018 |time=0:30 |quote=Me was just a mild-mannered little kid. In fact, back then, me think me name was Sid. Yeah, yeah. |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4059 has Sesame Street episode info --><ref name="twitter">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/20796273130 |title=Cookie Monster: Me wasn't ... |work=Sesame Street (sesamestreet) on Twitter |date=10 August 2010 |quote=Me wasn't born with name "Cookie Monster." It just nickname dat stuck. Me don't remember me real name… maybe it was Sidney? |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415205831/https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/20796273130 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YouTube">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2yFoq09ug&t=442 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/fc2yFoq09ug| archive-date=2021-10-29|time=7:22 |title=The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions |work=WIRED Autocomplete interview |date=22 February 2017 |quote=Is Cookie Monster's real name Sid? Yeah, truly it is. Me real name Sid Monster.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Cookie Clicker]] is a game where players click a cookie to buy upgrades to make more cookies.