Twitter Users Not Happy After Learning The Plural Form Of Cheez-It
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A lot of Twitter users are really salty after learning what to call a “Cheez-It” in its plural form.
Oklahoma plays Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl on Thursday night in Orlando, Florida, and part of the excitement for the game included some hype for the game sponsor, “Cheez-It.”
But a rep for the popular square-shaped snack cracker may have left a bad taste in consumers’ mouths after insisting that it is improper to refer to them as “Cheez-Its” in their plural form.
That odd bit of news comes courtesy of Carter Karels, a beat writer for Florida State, who tweeted the shocking news on Tuesday that “one Cheez-It is a Cheez-It,” while “two or more of the Cheez-It are called ‘Cheez-It crackers,’ not Cheez-Its.”
Really valuable information: A Cheez-It Bowl representative told me last night that there is no such thing as “Cheez-Its.”
One Cheez-It is a Cheez-It. Two or more of the Cheez-It are called “Cheez-It crackers,” not Cheez-Its.
You’re welcome.— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) December 27, 2022
Many Twitter users were understandably shocked by the news, and Kyle Koster of The Big Lead summed up why the plural form of Cheez-It was just lame:
“Everyone who has ever stuffed their face with those sharp, four-cornered morsels has referred to them as Cheez-Its. Because they are Cheez-Its.
“Hell, if someone called them ‘Cheez-It crackers’ you’d probably ask them to leave your house. Or at the very least wonder silently about what chain of events in their life sent them down such a troubling path.”
HuffPost reached out to Cheez-It for confirmation on whether the company was seriously insisting that “Cheez-It crackers” are the proper term, but no one immediately responded.
However, Twitter users did.
And they weren’t impressed.
Oh f you they’re called Cheez-Its https://t.co/e5zeutzth1
— Sarah Lane (@sarahlane) December 27, 2022
This is like the UNO officials saying we can't keep playing "draw 4" cards on top of each other: Thank you for everything you've done for us, but we'll take it from here! https://t.co/8FCPI5AZuX
— Jake Anderson (@jwa1994) December 28, 2022
This is like if someone said "The plural of Pokémon is Pokémon creatures."
Nah... it's Cheez-Its for this bish. https://t.co/OGKYXs0HFv— Terri Doty (@TeeDotally) December 27, 2022
Same as the creator of gifs saying 'jifs'. While you think you're right, you're wrong. Its Gif and Cheez-Its.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. https://t.co/Bg3oApNOMh— Matt Moreno (@TheMattMoreno) December 27, 2022
I refuse to let this be true https://t.co/Y7dSbjSR0E
— Logan Whaley (@LoganWhaleyKAIT) December 27, 2022
LEGO has been fighting a losing battle for decades with its "LEGO brick" propaganda — and will continue to lose — just as Cheez-It is destined to on this front. https://t.co/tBnscIhxNw
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) December 27, 2022
I'm sticking with what I usually say, which is "Cheez-Them" https://t.co/lFxi6uutKh
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) December 27, 2022
CHEEZ-IT BOWL REPRESENTATIVE: I know you plebes think you understand how pluralization works in the english language, but we here at Cheez-It have come up with something much more cumbersome and stupid, and we're really going to have to insist on doing it our way https://t.co/3fQnTyzLyr
— Coy Cronk (@cdgoldstein) December 27, 2022
There's a reason the rep gave this information anonymously. https://t.co/gWwrBNCFVD
— David Fucillo (@davidfucillo) December 27, 2022