cinnamon roll

English

a cinnamon roll

Etymology

See cinnamon and roll. In reference to character, derives from headline in The Onion satirical newspaper, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good for This World, Too Pure" (23 January 2014) [1].

Pronunciation

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Noun

cinnamon roll (plural cinnamon rolls)

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

   Synonym: cinnamon bun

2. (slang, neologism) A person perceived as good, gentle and kind. Often a fictional character who undergoes emotional suffering.
   • 2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post

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

   • 2016, Crystal Bell, “Daisy Ridley Is the Hero I've Been Looking For”, in MTV News:

     Even as a 9-year-old girl, I had a thing for sweet, innocent cinnamon rolls – fictional characters who are too good for this world, too pure.

Translations

rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon

• Bulgarian: о́хлювче n (óhljuvče)
• Catalan: espiral de canyella m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 玉桂卷 (juk⁶ gwai³ gyun²)

  Mandarin: 肉桂捲／肉桂卷 (ròuguì juǎn)

• Danish: kanelsnegl c
• Dutch: kaneelbroodje (nl) n, kaneelbrood (nl) n
• Estonian: kaneelirull
• Faroese: kanelsnigil m
• Finnish: korvapuusti (fi)
• French: roulé à la canelle
• German: Zimtschnecke (de) f (spiral in form, usually very sweet), Zimtbrötchen n (roll, often less sweet)
• Japanese: シナモンロール (shinamon rōru)
• Korean: 시나몬 롤 (sinamon rol)
• Navajo: bááh łikaní náhineestsʼeeʼígíí
• Norwegian: kanelbolle m, skillingsbolle m, kanelsnurr n
• Spanish: rollo de canela m, pan de canela m, espiral de canela f
• Swedish: kanelbulle (sv) c, kanelsnäcka c, (Finland) örfil (sv) c
• Thai: ซินนามอนโรล (sin-naa-mɔɔn rool)
• Ukrainian: булочка з корицею f (buločka z koryceju)

character

Further reading

• cinnamon roll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia