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What is "crunchy"?
Grant Barrett
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2008/11/15 - 6:49am

1001 Ways to Stay Crunchy. Warren Clements explores the evolution of the word "crunchy" to its new meaning today.

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2008/11/19 - 8:57am

That article didn't mention the onomatopoeic properties of the word as part of its origin, or is that not the case with crunch?

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2008/11/20 - 9:26pm

Nor did it mention the best crunch of all... Captain Crunch. 🙂

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2008/11/24 - 9:52am

Cap'n Crunch is one of the best crunches out there, and after all these decades it is still a top seller. But boy does it ever lacerate the roof of my mouth!

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2008/11/24 - 9:03pm

Nice catch samaphore, I forgot it was Cap'n instead of captain.

It does the same fore me as well. I would not change it though. It is kind of like coke being able to remove the rust off of a nail, the dance is definitely worth paying the piper. 🙂

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