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Touchy-feely

adj, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree. informal

    "My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public."

  2. 2
    Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic. derogatory, idiomatic, usually

    "He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others."

  3. 3
    Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance. derogatory, idiomatic, usually

    "I think the movie had too much touchy-feely nonsense and not enough action."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Physical contact, typically sexual, and usually inappropriate or unwanted. uncountable

    "Why is it that, when straight men are touched, it is an affront worthy of outrage and police investigation, yet a woman's being the subject of a bar-wide game of touchy-feely is par for the course?"

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