let them eat cake

A quote attributed to Marie Antoinette, who allegedly spoke it in regard to her peasants having no bread to eat. Regardless of whether that actually happened, it is still the snobbiest way of saying "fuck them and what they want."

Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake."

Snooty French Guy: "They don't have cake either."

Marie Antoinette: "Did I fucking stutter?"

by Alfonsie November 19, 2013

Let them eat cake

A quote that has long been attributed to Marie Antoinette, although historians have generally concluded that she never said that.
Rousseau published in his work "Confessions" (1770) a story of a "great princess" who asked why the peasants were so upset; when told that they had no bread, the princess flippantly said "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche". Marie Antoinette was only fourteen at the time, unknown to the world, and was not even in France at the time.

The story of the ignorant, callous princess uttering "Let them eat cake" was around for a century before Marie Antoinette was even born. Contrary to saying such a statement, Marie Antoinette once wrote to her family: "It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness. The King seems to understand this truth."

by Lorelili January 26, 2011

Let Them Eat Snatch

The name of a collection of plays produced in San Francisco. The play on words is in reference to Marie Antoinette's alleged quote "Let Them Eat Cake." Because San Francisco is known as the most openly gay city in the United States, the slogan emerged from an SFSU playwright as ironic commentary in order to protest against the "gay" egocentric image oriented consumer world: "Let Them Eat Snatch"

Person: Why is Ryan Seacrest such a vain closeted asshole?

You: Just "let them eat snatch..."

by Y York April 24, 2009

Let them eat cake

An Idiom that history attributes to Marie Antoinette the wife of King Louis XVI of France. Although, in actuality most scholars do believe that designation is a misnomer, the phrase is catchy.

The uneducated masses abuse the term: " wow, your team did a great job, "let them eat cake"! ( buys the team members a cake.)

The educated masses are aware of the mass inflation that was ravaging the French people at the time of the French Revolution, therefore the ingredients to purchase the items needed to make a cake would have cost a fortune. The idiom let them eat cake means "Screw them"

"You can't eat that! It's the last piece of cake!"
"Sure I can, I'm a Doctor, HaHaHa. Now, Let them eat cake!"

by SnarkyHistorian April 5, 2016

Let them eat cake

It is a common misconception that Queen Marie Antoinette spoke the words "Let them eat cake."

Instead Little Debbie, that little girl on the box of snack cakes, uttered these words.

Don: I'm pretty sure Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake."

Bob: Yea, well what cake did she make? Little Debbie has tons of different cakes!

by Orthonormal May 18, 2010

i would let you eat crackers on my bed

the phrase when you see a hot girl and you would let her have sex with you

tom: did you see that girl at that party
jimmy: yea, i think she would totally let me eat crackers on her bed
tom: (just staring at jim)
sentence for i would let you eat crackers on my bed

by f.l.r # 9 May 6, 2009

WHY DID YOU LET GUMMY BEARS EAT MY STOVE HONEY?

An exclamation that you may use after your gummy bears eat your stove

Karen: Hey Don, we gotta pay those bills or else we-
Don; WHY DID YOU LET GUMMY BEARS EAT MY STOVE HONEY?

by DeKnees May 19, 2020