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Word expert James Rodgers found a similar saying used more than 400 years ago. In 1560, writer Thomas Beeken said in a religious book:"For god have them in leash. Yeah, they are his slaves."

Miss Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. Instead, she urges them to create better ways to do business. For example, her secretary proposed an idea. She said the company should give a prize to the best student in the high school near its factory. The winner could use the prize money to study at the university. Miss Cleveland approved the idea. After the prize was announced, people who lived in the area of the factory began to buy more of the company's candy. Local newspapers wrote about the competition. Business improved. Miss Cleveland made her secretary the company's first director of public relations. The former secretary was very pleased. She said:"My old job had become Mickey Mouse. Now I have a much more creative one."

Mickey Mouse, of course , is World Disney's famous animal drawn for movies, television and comic picture books. But what does a mouse have to do with a job? In modern speech, anything that is Mickey Mouse is unimportant. Many word experts say the new meaning came from the United States Navy. The Navy had a special school for new sailors who did not cooperate. It was called MIC short for Military Indoctrination Center. Sailors began to say that rules which did not seem important were MIC. Over time MIC became Mickey Mouse, something that lacks meaning.