单词 | to give the fuzzies |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) the fuzzies 4. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Usually in plural and with the. A pleasant, comforting, or friendly feeling. Chiefly in to give (a person) the fuzzies: to produce such a feeling in (a person). Cf. the more common warm fuzzy n., warm-and-fuzzy n.Recorded earliest in educational contexts, referring to the practice of asking children in a class to praise, applaud, or compliment one another in turn, in an exchange of recognition and emotional support, based upon ideas from a story by American psychotherapist and writer Claude Steiner, in which people carry and exchange good feelings in the form of small furry creatures called (Warm) Fuzzies (see quot. 1970). ΚΠ 1970 C. Steiner in Transactional Anal. Bull. 9 146 You would..reach into your bag and pull out a Fuzzy... As soon as the Fuzzy saw the light of day it would smile and blossom into a..Warm Fuzzy. You then would lay it on the person's shoulder..and it would snuggle up and melt right against their skin and make them feel good all over.] 1973 Reading Specialist (Southeastern Michigan Reading Assoc.) Summer 26/1 Each student can be encouraged to set a daily goal for how many fuzzies he is going to give. 1977 Instructor (N.Y.) Feb. 56/2 When giving ‘fuzzies’ be careful not to frighten the child who becomes the center of attention. 1984 Educ. in North (Aberdeen Coll. of Educ.) 21 47 I get Fuzzies when I come home from school and get a nice cup of coffee. 2000 Spin Aug. 117/1 The animated comedy Antz..is girded by a political philosophy that honors pre-Soviet socialism while giving eight-year olds the fuzzies. 2016 W. Austin Sins of Father (e-book ed.) xvi As aggressive and studly as he was, Xavier had a gentle streak that gave her the fuzzies. < as lemmas |
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