Etymology

Mickey Mouse ring

Today it means: The 2020 NBA championship won by the Los Angeles Lakers. Full definition →

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The story

Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.