English Explanatory Dictionary

warm fuzzy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A good impression; a feeling of comfort, happiness or trust.
  2. A sense of accomplishment after performing an act.

Word forms

warm fuzzy warm fuzzies

Etymology

Coined by Claude Steiner in 1970 for his children's story A Warm Fuzzy Tale, where it is used in a technical sense to illustrate a concept, namely, positive stroke, that is used in a type of therapy called transactional analysis.

Antonyms

cold prickly
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