warm fuzzy

plural warm fuzzies

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

   I suppose they are a reputable business, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy from their salesman.

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   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.

   2005, Michelle Graham, “The Lie We Buy: Beauty and Culture”, in Wanting to Be Her: Body Image Secrets Victoria Won’t Tell You, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 11

   There is no payoff to getting the warm fuzzies in the presence of rats, snakes, mosquitoes, cockroaches, herpes simplex and the rabies virus.

   2009 April 19, Paul Bloom, “Natural Happiness”, in The New York Times

   Antonyms: cold prickly

2. derogatoryin pluralinformaloftenA sense of accomplishment after performing an act.

   John picks up litter in our neighborhood because it gives him warm fuzzies.