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spun sugar that's basically air with a sweet tooth and zero shame.
means A fluffy confection made by spinning melted, colored sugar into fine threads that collect into a soft cloud on a stick or in a bag.
from In English it was once 'spun sugar,' a delicacy made by hand long before machines got involved. The modern fluff dates to a machine for spinning sugar patented in the U.S. around the turn of the 20th century — co-invented, fittingly, by a dentist. The name 'cotton candy' caught on for the obvious reason: it looks like a tuft of cotton. Brits call it 'candy floss' and Australians 'fairy floss,' all naming the same airy puff after the things it resembles.
- dentist invention
- co-created by a dentist in 1897
- machine debut
- sold as fairy floss at the 1904 World's Fair
- mostly air
- a fluffy cloud is barely a teaspoon of sugar
- melting point
- vanishes instantly on a wet tongue
- national day
- the US celebrates it every December 7
coney island boardwalk — birthplace of cotton candy in 1897, invented by william morrison and john c. wharton
pink and blue tradition — iconic paired colors at american state fairs and carnivals since early 1900s