floofy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Feathery

   Feathery; puffy, light, airy or windswept.

   • “Make it floofier,” Meghan told Stevie, who was spraying Gotta-Be-Glued hairspray onto her bangs.
   • A well-prepared bed can supply asparagus for years and years. Then comes the bonus— in the fall, the wispy stems called “fern” become a blaze of yellow, floofy, feathery stems.
2. 2

   Elaborate, frilly, fussy or overwrought in a silly or purely decorative way.

   • By “complicated food,” we mean “floofy food.” It's doing far more to our food than is necessary.
   • This book is for those wonderful, irreplaceable people who feed me chocolate and floofy drinks when I'm miserable and depressed, and celebrate with chocolate and floofy drinks when things go well for me.
   • I felt most strongly in that moment was that American culture had lost its respect—and maybe even need—for innovation. Not creativity, which seemed dilettante and floofy to me here, something I might comment on in a well-decorated home.
3. 3

   Fluttery

   Fluttery; emotional, worked up, especially over inconsequentials.

   • Well, to be frank, Madame, when Mademoiselle Leocadia Gardi entered my cafe the first time, I must confess ... I just went all floofy!
   • In personality, though, she did seem a little...floofy.
   • It took many years to get that tough and I'm not letting my armor down for some floofy executive from the top who sends in his teams of experts.

The neighborhood

• neighborfloof
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