Etymology

M&M

Today it means: A small milk chocolate candy piece with an artificially colored sugar coating, produced by Mars Incorporated. Full definition →

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The story

Trade name, from the initials of the surnames of Forrest E. Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie; introduced in the 1940s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.