cinnamon roll

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#1·1d ago

(baking) A rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar.

2016, Alexandra Petri, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/03/16/obama-merrick-garland-is-a-beautiful-cinnamon-roll-too-good-for-this-world-too-pure ComPost • Opinion] (satire), The Washington Post

Origin: . In reference to the character, derives from a headline in The Onion satirical newspaper, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good for This World, Too Pure" (23 January 2014) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200306125704/https://local.theonion.com/beautiful-cinnamon-roll-too-good-for-this-world-too-pu-1819576048/amp]. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(slang, neologism) A person perceived as good, gentle and kind, often a fictional character who undergoes emotional suffering.

: Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure

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