fluffy

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18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈflʌfi/
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/ˈflʌfi/ · /flʌfi/

Definition of fluffy

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered with fluff.
    “Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.”
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adj

  1. Covered with fluff.
    “Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.”
  2. Light; soft; airy.
    “I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.”
  3. (colloquial)Warm and comforting.
    “Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.”
  4. (colloquial)Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
    “Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs^([sic]) over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.”
  5. Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
    “And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro, its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.”
    “There was, I think, always a fluffy element to the neo-Pagan movement, but since the Internet explosion of the mid-to-late 1990s, it's got much, much worse. Most of it can be blamed on commercial drivers, as the publishers who produced neo-Pagan material (and the authors who work for them) realised that there was a vast market for teen-witch kits, bogus grimoires, etc, and set out to exploit it […]”

noun

  1. (informal)Someone or something that has a fluffy texture.
    “Children can pamper the fluffies in the pets' corner […]”
  2. (derogatory, informal)A person who is superficial, who lacks depth or seriousness.
    “The world is overrun with fluffies. There was, I think, always a fluffy element to the neo-Pagan movement, but since the Internet explosion of the mid-to-late 1990s, it's got much, much worse. Most of it can be blamed on commercial drivers, as the publishers who produced neo-Pagan material (and the authors who work for them) realised that there was a vast market for teen-witch kits, bogus grimoires, etc, and set out to exploit it […]”
  3. (New-Zealand)A babycino (frothy milk drink).

name

  1. A given name for a pet with fluffy hair, often a cat.
    “Joey: That is not a cat. Rachel: Yes, it is. Ross: Why is it inside out? Rachel: Excuse me, but this is a purebred, show-quality Sphinx cat. […] I’m going to go set up a little litter box for Mrs. Whiskerson. [Ross looks at her] Well, what am I going to call her—Fluffy?”

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Etymology

From fluff + -y. Compare German flauschig (“fluffy”).

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