• Noun: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
• Noun: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
• Noun: person who is quiet or timid
• Noun: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; example: "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball"
• Verb: to go stealthily or furtively; example: "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
• Verb: manipulate the mouse of a computer
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.