Mouse
proper nouncommon in dialogue
The Walt Disney Company.
proper noun
- 1
The Walt Disney Company.
At Disney, on the other hand, there was only one landowner and one government; public and private were fused. […] Spawned by the Mouse's arrival, I-Drive (as it is known locally) runs parallel to I-4, lying partly in Orlando and partly[…]
They are cut off from their regular jobs to see how the Mouse operates. Eisner told the Harvard Business Review. Synergy happens at Disney because it should. Our products scream out for synergy.
[…] take eventually eked up to $33 million worldwide, but not before Walt Disney Studios declared the whole experiment a disappointment. […] But when the Mouse cut bait, MAGI was forced to close its LA office and sell off Synthavision.
This has led to the public believing that every animated film is made by the Mouse or, at least, is family-friendly entertainment. (A similar situation: Many people refer to all 3D animated films as “Pixar” films.) The cause dates back to Walt Disney's early days as an animator.
- 2
A surname from German.
Etymology
The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus. The metonym for Disney comes from its icon Mickey Mouse.
Forms
- plural
- Mouses