Definitions
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- noun idiomatic a good
impression ; afeeling ofcomfort ortrust
Etymologies
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The term comes from the story The Warm Fuzzy Tale by Claude Steiner, where it is used in a technical sense to illustrate a concept ("positive stroke") of Transactional analysis.
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Examples
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When it came time for my therapist to act his out, he actually got on the floor and got on his hands and knees pretending to be a wolf. It was a nice warm fuzzy end to a difficult session.
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Give someone a warm fuzzy and they are likely to give one to another person, making a chain of positive interactions.
Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies at the school counselor's office pugs_are_death 2025
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