breakfast of champions

noun

Etymology

Originally an advertising slogan for Wheaties breakfast cereal. Used ironically in Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions to refer to a martini.

Definitions

  1. Beer, junk food, or other foods implied to be unhealthy.

    • Aspirins and beer for breakfast; the breakfast of champions.
    • In one hand he held a slice of cold pizza and in the other a Sprite—his version of the breakfast of champions.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA