An Entry Monday, October 12, 2026
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Croissant, catalogued as thiccc

Plate CXXXVII. Croissant.

Photo by personalgraphic.com on Unsplash

Croissant

/kwah-SAHN/  n.
  1. 1. A laminated pastry of Viennese-French lineage, nominally crescent in name but, when executed with proper conviction, substantially thiccc through the midsection: layered, arched, and carrying most of its mass in a broad, domed hump that tapers reluctantly at both ends.
  2. 2. colloq. Butter's finest architectural achievement. The crescent is a formality; the real statement is the cross-section.
In a sentence:

"The boulangerie on Rue du Bac had a thiccc croissant in the window, laminated to about eleven visible strata, domed like a small vault. A handwritten card beneath it read simply: 'non.' The price was not listed."

Etymology:

From French croissant, present participle of croitre, 'to grow, to increase,' from Latin crescere, 'to arise, to grow.' The name refers to the crescent moon shape. The irony is that the shape is the least interesting thing about a properly made one.

From the desk

Filed by

Margie Whitmore-HessianEditor-in-Chief

My late uncle, the founder's brother, kept one under glass on his desk and called it 'the standard.'

Ruling PROVISIONAL

Bart PrussSenior Cataloguer

Eleven visible strata and a domed midsection meet the threshold. The taper at both ends does not. Pending cross-section confirmation.

In the margin

Teddy VanceJunior Cataloguer

The fact that the name means crescent but the crescent is genuinely the least important thing happening here is the most important thing happening here.

Frequently asked

Is a croissant thiccc?

Yes. Croissant was admitted to the Thiccctionary on October 12, 2026 and filed in the Foods of Substance section. The ruling on file: Provisional. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.

What makes a croissant thiccc?

Butter's finest architectural achievement. The crescent is a formality; the real statement is the cross-section.

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

  1. Photograph by personalgraphic.com, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate CXXXVII.
  2. Direct ruling URL: thiccctionary.com/is/croissant-thiccc/, the shareable "Is a croissant thiccc?" page.
  3. Cross-reference: Thiccctionary A-Z, C.
  4. Catalogued under: Foods of Substance. See related entries below.
  5. Editorial review: ruled provisional by the desk. Objections on file.

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