2006-07-09 10:15:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It actually comes from rewarding dogs with cookies or biscuits for doing tricks and for obeying. So, when you say "you get a cookie," to the person, it means you are praising them for doing something right or for having the right answer. However, if you say it in a sarcastic tone of voice, you are letting the other person know that they are annoying, either because they are trying to everything perfect or because they are "sucking up" too much.
2006-07-22 19:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's like, you get a gold star--it comes from the idea of a kid getting a reward, but in this case, it's kinda sarcastic. I mean, does anyone ever get a cookie when somebody says that? The next time you hear it, ask what kind of cookie you get and when you can expect it.
2006-07-22 10:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that one gets a reward for one's good deed or answer.
It' is a sorta of encouragement to compete & get a reward. Also, a Business / Sales Promotion Technique.
If you buy a Washing Machine, you can get a pack of cookies or like that!
Giving peanuts as extra or bonus for buying a diamiond.
So, the phrase means 'enticing one into buying something they don't want with small bonus like worthless cookies!
Giving cookies may work with kids. Not with adults! It works more with women than with men!
IT IS CHEATING, COKKIES -COATED!
2006-07-23 09:44:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister always used to say , "Would you like a medal, or a chest to pin it on?". I didnt get it until I got older, but I think "do you want a cookie" comes from the same mean older sibling group. It some ones way of telling you"big deal", like your big deal is not really a big deal.
2006-07-09 10:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by sweetiepie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody who awarded kids with cookies. It is a sarcastic reward for a deed that the person who did it may revel in...but the person rewarding the "sarcastic cookie" deems not that great or they think "so what".
2006-07-21 14:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by rockinrobyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sesame Street
The cookie monster would answer a correct Q and receive a cookie for his efforts. Now that I think of it, my life is summat like that . . .
2006-07-22 14:38:30 · answer #6 · answered by The Stranger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you get a cookie is like when you say something and someone says you get a cookie or do you want a cookie or do you want a biscuit? (its slang) so we know its slang it means
big deal
we already knew
it (the question) was rhetorical
2006-07-09 10:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by Cici 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That 'hockey puck' comedian...what IS his name? One of the Rat Pack, in Ocean's Eleven,you know...oh, lordy, I'm losing it. Anyway, I submit that he -- whoever the hell he is --invented the 'cookie' expression.
2006-07-23 10:17:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I first heard it used by the great acerbically inclined comedian," Don Rickles", to sarcastically inform one of his 'victoms' that he(the victom) had answered a question correctly.
2006-07-21 20:44:48 · answer #9 · answered by Dutch58 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the civil war the north fought against the south and the north was called the yankees and the south was called the rebels
2016-03-26 22:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋