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Definition

A good impression; a feeling of comfort, happiness or trust.

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.

Example Sentences

"I suppose they are a reputable business, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy from their salesman."
"Nostalgia. Walks down memory lane fill me with warm fuzzies—right up there with a warm bubble bath and a good cup of café mocha."
"There is no payoff to getting the warm fuzzies in the presence of rats, snakes, mosquitoes, cockroaches, herpes simplex and the rabies virus."