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doughnut

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard or cream.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard or cream.

Origin: From , 1809 because originally small, nut-sized balls of fried dough, or, more likely, from nut in the earlier sense of "small rounded cake or cookie", with the toroidal shape becoming common in the twentieth century. First attested in Knickerbocker’s History of New York, by Washington Irving, 1809. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Should be based on metro statistics. A district core in the middle and then doughnut shaped districts surrounding it. There is no argument in how thats what voting patterns look like right now, so it makes the most sense to create districts in that way.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Put that doughnut in the air fryer.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A coach that can lead an army of ants out of a paper bag with a day old doughnut is going to be required for that and since Vlatko's "promotion" @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social are fresh out”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Tuesday Treats welcomes you Ducks to come to the EMU by the O Desk and grab some yummy doughnut holes to enjoy as you go about your day! (From 12 - 1 pm)🍩😋 #TuesdayTreats #EMyoU #Students”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Today at the bookstore coffee shop I’m enjoying a maple doughnut focaccia. Umm. It’s so good. Starbucks could never.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(colloquial) A foolish or stupid person; an idiot.

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  • “Amsterdam adopted doughnut economics as official policy. What's changed on the ground for residents since then? That's the test: does the framework survive implementation, or does the city absorb the label without the substance?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “My Koala chomped all of my mashed potatoes a short time ago, luckily enough, there is a doughnut shop nearby.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Crocheted Doughnut Ring – Nice [UK, Psych/Experimental] (1967) – Anachronistic ambient song deemed ‘too far out’ at the time. Later sampled by Burial https://redd.it/985a9z https://youtu.be/PHakxUVEceU”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Just a video of my aunt and I Dropping off a rug and grabbing some @Voodoo Doughnut Moved her over to Costa Rica Feb 25 and I miss her ✌🏽 Old video lost in the drafts”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(figuratively) Any object in the shape of a torus.

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