House of Mouse
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In reference to the company's mascot character, Mickey Mouse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]- (slang) The Walt Disney Company.
- 2006 September, Parke Puterbaugh, Alan Bisbort, Moon Florida Beaches, Avalon Travel, page 146:
- Disney's Vero Beach Resort […] was the first foray into time-share vacation resorts for the House of Mouse.
- 2007, Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, Modern State Intervention in the Era of Globalisation, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 302:
- The irony is that the House of Mouse may not enjoy copyright protection for its signature character after all.
- 2010 March, Laura Lea Miller, Frommer’s Walt Disney World and Orlando with Kids, John Wiley & Sons, page 27:
- Mickey’s Gourmet Cookbook (1994, Disney Editions) is full of some of the most popular recipes from the House of Mouse—a few culinary secrets that Disney is willing to share.