Many people believe that “curly fries” should be called “rotatoes” (rotate + potatoes).
   
“Curly fries should be called ‘rotatoes’” was posted on Twitter by Zach Sherwin on September 27, 2013. “Curly fries should be called ‘rotatoes’” was posted on Twitter by RB Anthony 📯 on February 22, 2014. “Curly fries really should have been called rotatoes” was posted on Twitter by SharonDV on August 19, 2022.
 
“You: ‘Curly fries.’ Me, an intellectual: ‘Rotatoes’” was posted on Twitter by Jan Kaluza on July 5, 2020. The tweet received 43,000 likes.
 
”Rotatoes An Nickname for Curly French Fries” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on November 11, 2020. “Rotatoes Curly fries = rotatoes” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on January 23, 2021.
   
     
Wikipedia: French fries
Curly fries – characterised by their helical shape, cut from whole potatoes using a specialised spiral slicer.
           
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Zach Sherwin
@zachsherwin
Curly fries should be called “rotatoes.”
1:32 PM · Sep 27, 2013·Echofon
     
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frankie
@frankiecense
what idiot called them ‘curly fries’ and not rotatoes
3:55 PM · Oct 17, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
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RB Anthony 📯
@RB_Anthony
Curly fries should be called “rotatoes”
1:36 PM · Feb 22, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Ol’ Wiener McTits 🔞
@molly_mctits
What idiot decided they were called curly fries and not rotatoes?
11:31 AM · Oct 15, 2019·Twitter for Android
 
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Jan Kaluza
@JKashaar
You: “Curly fries”
Me, an intellectual: “Rotatoes”
4:51 AM · Jul 5, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
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sonia 🦋🥀
@SUlClDEClRCUS
tw: food
rt if u think curly fries should be called rotatoes from now on bc this is genius
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Jan Kaluza
@JKashaar
· Jul 5, 2020
You: “Curly fries”
Me, an intellectual: “Rotatoes”
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7:02 PM · Jul 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Pranav Arora
@PranavArora0708
Curly fries? Don’t argue over this but I would call them “Rotatoes”
1:35 AM · Jul 6, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
Urban Dictionary
Rotatoes
An Nickname for Curly French Fries.
I want some Rotatoes to acompany my burger.
by duduxicoTheGamer November 11, 2020
   
Reddit—Memes
Posted by u/Square_sweets January 14, 2021
Rotatoes
(A curly fries image is shown.—ed.)
 
Urban Dictionary
Rotatoes
Curly fries = rotatoes
“hey yo gimme some rotatoes to go with my burger”
by grc112105 January 23, 2021
   
Twitter
Sharik
@sharik_jpeg
Why call them curly fries when you can call them rotatoes?
10:46 AM · Dec 16, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
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🦋Rinwell
@_AstralMage
Rinwell: Curly fries!
Law: Rotatoes!
Shionne: *finishing the plate while kids fight over name*
12:09 AM · Dec 31, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
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AG305
@randomassname3
you: “curly fries”
me (an intellectual): “rotatoes”
10:39 AM · Jan 5, 2022·Twitter for Android
     
change.org
Change “Curly fries” to “Rotatoes” (2022—ed.)
Svetlana Rubin started this petition
 
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SharonDV
@SharonDV
Curly fries really should have been called rotatoes.
7:13 AM · Aug 19, 2022·Twitter Web App
 
(Trademark)
Word Mark ROTATO
Goods and Services IC 008. US 023 028 044. G & S: Hand-operated potato peeler mainly made of plastic. FIRST USE: 19971101. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971101
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Filing Date April 12, 2021
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Registration Date March 22, 2022
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