Entry · Saturday, October 24, 2026
Cookie Jar
/KOO-kee jar/ n.- 1. A ceramic or glass vessel of appreciable diameter, designed to store baked goods in quantity; characterized by a deep, broad body built far wider than any single cookie requires, rounded at the shoulders and filled to the rim, the whole silhouette suggesting a commitment to interior volume that the exterior does not attempt to conceal.
- 2. slang. She is built for capacity and does not pretend otherwise. The belly is the point. The lid is a formality.
"Grandma pulled a thiccc cookie jar off the Craftsman kitchen shelf and set it on the counter, and the counter accepted the assignment. The chocolate chip situation inside was structural."
From Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek ('cake'), attested in American English by the early 18th century; joined to jar, from French jarre, from Arabic jarra, an earthen water vessel. The word 'jar' has always implied width. The cookie jar simply committed.
Filed by
Wide all the way down, filled to the rim, and the etymology confirms the word jar has always implied width.
Ruling ADMITTED
Broad in the body, full to the shoulders, and she does not apologize for it. The Dutch got here first and the jar backs them up.
In the margin
The viscount kept one on the Umbrian property. Ceramic, enormous, never a cookie in it. He used it for rolled documents. I never asked which documents.