# Question about a phrase \[selling like hotcakes\]

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 31, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-phrase-selling-like-hotcakes/776002 "2016-12-31T22:19:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-phrase-selling-like-hotcakes/776002/4 "2016-12-31T23:42:37Z")

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This is from the thread that **Arkcon** linked to:

> [@So, how well DID hotcakes sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-well-did-hotcakes-sell/679023/2):
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> According to [The Word Detective](http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/selling-like-hotcakes/), the phrase dates back to 1839, but there was no one particular hotcake fad that inspired it.

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