Baby T was looking at my Telluride photo and said OMG you used to be really fluffy. - Fluffy? I guess that is new tween talk for big. She had used it a couple of times he has fluffy hair, he is fluffy, but I didn't quite know what she meant.
Fluffy does sound better then fat or obese or morbidly obese, fluffy, yes it is a softer gentler term for big. I could live with some one calling me fluffy. And so you learn how words can hurt. When I first heard someone tell me I was morbidly obese I felt like crawling inside and never coming back out, but fluffy, fluffy I could take. Does that mean that the younger generation is gentler and???
So Fluffy I am fluffy I will be. Long live fluffy.
Fluffy does sound better then fat or obese or morbidly obese, fluffy, yes it is a softer gentler term for big. I could live with some one calling me fluffy. And so you learn how words can hurt. When I first heard someone tell me I was morbidly obese I felt like crawling inside and never coming back out, but fluffy, fluffy I could take. Does that mean that the younger generation is gentler and???
So Fluffy I am fluffy I will be. Long live fluffy.
I must say, I would never expect to hear a gentler word come out of the mouth of a 12 year old. Long live fluffy, indeed!
ReplyDeleteFluffy is actually a dog owned by the "Bobbsey Twins" (a series of novels for youngsters that was popular when my MOTHER was a child). Bert & Nan are the older twins, and Freddie and Flossie are the younger ones. Fluffy says wufffff!!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard my hair referred to as fluffy but never to describe a person's physique.
Since this is a "PG" blog, I did want to point out the the title "Fluffer" is used in the Adult Film Industry.
Slang is fun, but it sure can get confusing.
T3 certainly isn't fluffy & she now has legs of steel along with her will of titanium