Mickey and Minnie

Cartoon mouse couple

Mickey and Minnie refers to the iconic Disney cartoon couple—Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse—created in 1928.

The pairing has become shorthand for a wholesome, old-fashioned romantic duo: They're like Mickey and Minnie, always holding hands.

In rhyming slang, Mickey and Minnie can mean skinny.

Related

Walt Disney · cartoon · Goofy · Donald · Pluto · clubhouse · best friends · bow · polka dots · gloves · red · yellow · black · Daisy · theme park · animated · Steamboat Willie · sweetheart

Categories
Opposites
fictional vs. real status

Mickey and Minnielaboratory mice

Rodents bred for research

house mice · field mice · laboratory rats · wild rodents · vermin

corporate wholesomeness vs. edginess

Mickey and MinnieRen and Stimpy

iconic couple polarity

Mickey and MinnieBonnie and Clyde

Depression-era outlaw couple

Sid and Nancy · Romeo and Juliet · Gomez and Morticia

Family

Minnie, mice, mouselike

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G