fortune cookie

noun

1. a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fortune cookie¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

To which I can only add, pass the fortune cookies and party on.

From Washington Post

Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles and a producer on the film.

From The Daily Beast

Overall, the lessons Rumsfeld offers are pretty good ones, albeit often fortune-cookie philosophy.

From The Daily Beast

I keep an auspicious fortune cookie message in my wallet: "All your sorrows will vanish."

From The Daily Beast

When it's time to leave, Gray is presented with a fortune cookie.

From The Daily Beast