- fortune cookie (n.)
[fortune cookie 词源字典]
- by 1955, said to have been invented in 1918 by David Jung, Chinese immigrant to America who established Hong Kong Noodle Co., who handed out cookies that contained uplifting messages as a promotional gimmick.[fortune cookie etymology, fortune cookie origin, 英语词源]
- uplift (v.)
- mid-14c., from up (adv.) + lift (v.). Related: Uplifted; uplifting.