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English term or phrase:
serious fluff
English answer:
very thick and absorbent padding
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Jun 28, 2018 17:41
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serious fluff
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serious fluff
When I am really in my head, I put on my puffiest winter coat And I'm talking serious fluff, like, grade-A marshmallow. I go to the batting cages
and let the balls pelt me
Please don't help unless you feel comfortable.
Thank you,
and let the balls pelt me
Please don't help unless you feel comfortable.
Thank you,
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very thick and absorbent padding
The coat is padded or quilted; "puffy" means that the padding is thick and this is the "puffiest" winter coat the writer has.
"Serious" is being used here in a common colloquial sense of "very considerable": making "serious" money means making a lot of money.
"Fluff" strictly means "down", that is, soft, voluminous feathers, though it might well be a synthetic equivalent.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluff
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down#h7
"Serious fluff" is a very amusing expression because "fluff" also suggests something light and insubstantial, so "serious fluff" seems paradoxical.
The mention of marshmallow also suggests the possibility that the writer is also playing on the idea of "marshmallow fluff". Marshmallow is a very gooey, glutinous confection and "marshmallow fluff" is a spreadable form of it. Apparently it's very similar to a confection called soapwort meringue (natef) in Arabic cuisine. And it's popular in the northeast of the United States where the winters are very cold and people's fluffiest winter coat would be very thick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshmallow_creme
The idea, of course, is that the baseball which hit you while wearning such a puffy, fluffy coat would not hurt you.
"Serious" is being used here in a common colloquial sense of "very considerable": making "serious" money means making a lot of money.
"Fluff" strictly means "down", that is, soft, voluminous feathers, though it might well be a synthetic equivalent.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluff
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down#h7
"Serious fluff" is a very amusing expression because "fluff" also suggests something light and insubstantial, so "serious fluff" seems paradoxical.
The mention of marshmallow also suggests the possibility that the writer is also playing on the idea of "marshmallow fluff". Marshmallow is a very gooey, glutinous confection and "marshmallow fluff" is a spreadable form of it. Apparently it's very similar to a confection called soapwort meringue (natef) in Arabic cuisine. And it's popular in the northeast of the United States where the winters are very cold and people's fluffiest winter coat would be very thick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshmallow_creme
The idea, of course, is that the baseball which hit you while wearning such a puffy, fluffy coat would not hurt you.
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