1. A baked dessert of cream cheese, eggs, and sugar set atop a graham-cracker crust, distinguished from its lighter European cousins by a filling depth that registers as a structural commitment rather than a culinary choice; esp. one photographed in profile, where the lateral cross-section alone justifies a second plate.
2.colloq. Dense by doctrine, thiccc by birthright. The blackberry topping is not a garnish; it is a roof.
In a sentence:
"The diner on Flatbush slid a slice of New York cheesecake across the counter so thiccc it arrived at a slight lean, like a building that had decided on its own load-bearing plan. The fork went in and did not return immediately."
Etymology:
From New York (state and city, named 1664 for James, Duke of York) + cheesecake (Middle English, attested by the 15th century, from cheese + cake). The New York style was codified by Arnold Reuben of Reuben's Restaurant, Manhattan, c. 1929, who substituted cream cheese for farmer's cheese and apparently saw no reason to stop there.
Yes. New York Cheesecake was admitted to the Thiccctionary on June 20, 2026 and filed in the Foods of Substance section. The ruling on file: Admitted. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a new york cheesecake thiccc?
Dense by doctrine, thiccc by birthright. The blackberry topping is not a garnish; it is a roof.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
Sources
Photograph by Snappr, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate XLII.
