单词 | warm and fuzzy |
释义 | > as lemmaswarm and fuzzy colloquial (chiefly U.S.). warm and fuzzy: (evoking feelings that are) amorphously sentimental, pleasant, or comforting; friendly, affectionate; cf. warm fuzzy n. at Additions. ΚΠ 1892 N.Y. Times 8/3 (advt.) Eider down, some call it; it is warm, fuzzy flannel. 1938 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. 7/3 (advt.) A collarless jacket of warm and fuzzy ‘fur’ which is headed for new popularity with the cold weather. 1939 H. Miller Cosmological Eye 25 The heat of the afternoon drifts in through the cool studio; it puts a warm, fuzzy aura about Max's words.] 1984 Forbes (Nexis) 27 Feb. 64 ‘We want them to come in and sit down and talk with us. We pay in the sense of having operating..costs, but we've had a chance to schmooze with them or hug them or whatever.’.. Jacoby terms these touches ‘warm and fuzzy’. 1992 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. a7/2 In 1984, Ronald Reagan's warm and fuzzy ‘Morning in America’ commercials showed two men wiping down a fire engine in a small town on a sunny summer afternoon. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xxvi. 344 ‘We can't stop this merger... So..we think of it as an opportunity to open a dialogue with the new country.’.. ‘That'll really make the Saudis feel warm and fuzzy,’ a voice objected. 2001 Sugar Feb. 98/2 You feel all warm and fuzzy inside and sleep with his piccie under your pillow. < as lemmas |
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