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Corn Laws
Corn Laws: British protectionist grain tariffs and import restrictions enacted in 1815 under Lord Liverpool (wheat threshold 80 shillings per quarter), repealed in June 1846 by Sir Robert Peel, splitting the Conservative Party and beginning Britain's free trade era.
Cornbread
Cornbread is a quick bread of cornmeal, chemically leavened in the U.S., learned from Native American cooking and named pone; Southern versions are unsweetened skillet breads, Northern ones sweet, and it remains central to Southern and Appalachian foodways.
Corned beef
Corned beef: salt-brined (or historically dry-salted, "corns" of salt) beef, usually brisket flat, boiled or slow-cooked; Irish export history via Cork, Irish-American St. Patrick's Day dish, distinct from smoked pastrami; USDA 145°F cooking guidance.
Cornetto (frozen dessert)
Cornetto is a chocolate-lined wafer cone ice cream brand invented in 1959 by Spica of Naples, acquired by Unilever in 1976, and now a power brand of The Magnum Ice Cream Company, sold as Algida, Wall's, or Kibon by market.
CorningWare
CorningWare is a Corning-introduced (1958) cookware brand originally made of Pyroceram glass-ceramic, stovetop-safe with near-zero thermal expansion; since 2000 mostly stoneware, now under Corelle Brands.
Cornrows
Cornrows are scalp-flat African braids worked in rows with an underhand technique. Also called canerows in the Caribbean, they are protective styles, carry traction alopecia risk, and feature in CROWN Act and braiding-licensing debates.
Corona (beer)
Corona, mostly sold as Corona Extra, is a Mexican pale lager first brewed in 1925 at Cervecería Modelo in Mexico City. Known for its clear bottle, lime ritual, 4.5 to 4.6% ABV, and Kantar BrandZ's most valuable beer brand ranking, distinct from Modelo Especial.
Corroboree
A corroboree is a ceremonial gathering of Australian Aboriginal people, usually with traditional music and dancing, ranging from sacred ceremony to celebration; the word entered English in 1793.
Corrugated fiberboard
Corrugated fiberboard, also called corrugated cardboard, is a paper sandwich of fluted medium glued between linerboard, used for shipping boxes. Covers structure, 1871 Jones patent, flutes, ECT testing, FEFCO codes, and recycling rates above 90% in Europe.
Corsage
Corsage: a small flower arrangement worn pinned to clothing or on the wrist, and in French a woman's bodice. From Old French cors "body" via Latin corpus; bouquet sense from bouquet de corsage, 1911 American English.
Corset
Corset: stiffened torso-shaping undergarment, also called stays or a pair of bodies before the 19th century. Originated with 16th-century Spanish whalebone bodies; declined after 1908; revived in modern fashion.
Cortado
Cortado (Spanish, from cortar, "to cut"): espresso cut with roughly equal warm, untextured milk, no foam, served in a small glass; Basque origin, known in the US as the Gibraltar, distinct from macchiato and flat white.
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the licensed practice of beautifying skin, nails, and hair. Covers US training-hour requirements (500-2,100), state licensing exams, wages, employment outlook, history, and the new licensure compact.
Cosmopolitan (cocktail)
Cosmopolitan (Cosmo): a vodka sour of citrus vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime, and cranberry juice, shaken and served up. IBA spec 40/15/15/30 ml; standard version created by Toby Cecchini at the Odeon, 1988; 1990s Sex and the City fame.
Cosplay
Cosplay (costume play) is dressing up and performing as characters from anime, manga, comics, film, and games. Term coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi after the 1984 LA Worldcon; roots in the 1939 New York Worldcon; major events include Comiket and the Nagoya World Cosplay Summit.
Costa Coffee
Costa Coffee, British coffeehouse chain founded 1971 in London by Sergio and Bruno Costa, known for its Mocha Italia blend; owned by Coca-Cola since 2019; overtaken by Greggs in 2026 as the UK's largest branded coffee operator.
Costco
Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American membership warehouse club retailer headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, operating 928 warehouses worldwide in 2026 and selling brand-name goods at low prices.
Costermonger
A costermonger, also coster or costardmonger, was a British street seller of fruit, vegetables, and often fish from a barrow or cart, named after the medieval costard apple.
Costume
Costume: special dress worn to portray a character, animal, or figure at costume parties (US), fancy dress parties (UK), masquerades, and Halloween; covers history, competitions, and museum study.
Costume design award records and statistics
Comparative records and statistics for costume design awards across the Oscars, BAFTA, the Tonys, and the CDGAs, led by Edith Head's 8 Oscar wins from 35 nominations.
Costume designer
Costume designer: also costume department head, costume design. The professional who designs, sources, builds, and fits all garments and accessories worn by performers in theater, film, TV, and opera, from script research to continuity and budget. Distinguished from fashion design by serving character and story.
Costume Designers Guild Awards
The Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA), given since 1999, are annual peer honors from the Costume Designers Guild recognizing costume design in film, television, and short-form work.
Costume Institute
The Costume Institute is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's curatorial department for historic and fashionable dress, holding more than 33,000 objects spanning seven centuries and funded by the Met Gala.
Côtes du Rhône AOC
Côtes du Rhône AOC, the regional appellation of France's Rhône Valley recognized in 1937, covering 172 communes and 26,777 ha, producing mostly red blends from 27 permitted grape varieties.
Cotija cheese
Cotija cheese (queso Cotija), also called queso añejo, is a hard, salty, raw-milk Mexican cow's-milk cheese from the Sierra de Jalmich between Michoacán and Jalisco, aged months to a year, grated over elote and beans, protected by the 2005 collective mark and norm NMX-F-735-COFOCALEC-2011.
Cottage cheese
Cottage cheese: a fresh, unripened acid-coagulated soft cheese of washed curd particles (3–12 mm), often cream-dressed; named in 19th-century North America (Bartlett 1848), distinct from ricotta and quark.
Cotton candy
Cotton candy, also called candy floss or fairy floss, is a spun-sugar confection of fine amorphous sugar threads, invented in 1897 by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton and popularized at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Court of Master Sommeliers
Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS), sommelier examining body formed in 1977 after the 1969 London Master Sommelier exam; four sequential levels from Introductory to the invitation-only Master Sommelier Diploma held by 305 people, split into CMS Europe and CMS Americas.
Courtney Storer
Courtney "Coco" Storer is an American chef and the culinary producer (and co-executive producer) of FX's The Bear, sister of creator Christopher Storer; ex-culinary director of Jon & Vinny's, trained the cast, runs Coco's to Go-Go catering.
Couscous
Couscous (seksu; kuskus) is a Maghrebi grain product of rolled durum wheat semolina granules steamed in a couscoussier, staple of North Africa, inscribed on UNESCO's 2020 Intangible Cultural Heritage list.