brioche

brioche (a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin); gaffe, blunder; paunch, belly

“Enfin je me rappelai le pis-aller d’une grande princesse à qui l’on disait que les paysans n’avaient pas de pain, et qui répondit : Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.” — At length I remembered the last resort of a great princess who, when told that the peasants had no bread, replied: “Then let them eat brioches”.

From Old French brier (“to break”) + -oche; compare French broyer.