touchy-feely | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal)Having afondnessforphysicalcontactwith other people, especially to anexcessivedegree.Coordinate term:huggyMy last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was tootouchy-feelywith me in public.2009April 16, Jon Mooallem, quoting Gretchen Hellar, “The End Is Near! (Yay!)”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Kühnel’s wife, Berta, began by asking everyone to join hands.[…]When I asked her later what she made of the exercise, Hellar told me: “First of all, I’m not a good-feelings,touchy-feelykind of person.”2015February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, inThe Guardian(London)‎[2]:This time, the actor was in uncomfortablytouchy-feelyform. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.; (idiomatic,usuallyderogatory)Driven byintuitionoremotion, with a connotation ofde-emphasisofrationalthought orlogic.He preferred the clarity of science and left thetouchy-feelystuff to others.; (idiomatic,usuallyderogatory)Appealing toemotion,sympathy, orromance.I think the movie had too muchtouchy-feelynonsense and not enough action.

Examples:

EN: All right. How soon do we get to play touchy-feely?
ES: Correcto. ¿Qué tan pronto podemos llegar a jugar sensiblero?
EN: We could use one of these textures they're touchy-feely.
ES: Nos serviría una de esta texturas son suaves al toque.
EN: You stick to the touchy-feely stuff, I'll take Superman.
ES: Tú ocúpate de los temas sentimentales, yo me ocuparé de Supermán.
EN: Now, I don't think they're gonna learn that... writing a bunch of touchy-feely little papers for the English teacher.
ES: Ahora, no creo que vayan a aprender eso... escribiendo un montón de trabajitos sentimentales para el profesor de Inglés. No.
EN: - You're goin' all touchy-feely, Andrew
ES: Estás muy inquieto, Andrew.
EN: He's a touchy-feely person.
ES: Es una persona de toque-sentimiento.
EN: He's not going to be touchy-feely with the plant lady.
ES: Él no le dará su toque-sentimiento a la señora de las plantas.
EN: The last thing I need this morning is a couple of touchy-feely secretaries some cat coughed up. (door opens) Fine, thank you.
ES: La ultima cosa que necesito esta mañana es es un par de susceptibles secretarias que parecen algo que un gato escupio Yo bien, gracias
EN: I mean, I'm not so hot on this touchy-feely stuff so that's why I never read the column.
ES: Quiero decir, no me gustan mucho esas cosas sentimentales y por eso nunca leí la columna.
EN: With this remote, we can skip over all that lame getting-to-know-you talky-touchy-feely crap and get to the good parts.
ES: Con este control podemos saltar la conversación aburrida de conocernos mejor y llegar a las partes buenas.
EN: Oh, shut up, you touchy-feely hug freak.
ES: Oh, cállate, sensiblero loco.
EN: Your touchy-feely research is a distraction.
ES: Tu otra investigación es una distracción.
EN: Listen, spending a little time on my touchy-feely work... will probably solve our big delivery problem.
ES: Oye, dedicar un poco de tiempo a mi investigación seguramente resolverá el problema de la entrega.
EN: It's women's stuff, very touchy-feely.
ES: Son cosas de mujeres.
EN: The whole ATU campus is probably being overrun by some touchy-feely save-the-environment mania, - and guess who's right in the middle of it?
ES: Ahora mismo todo el campus ATU esta siendo descontrolado... por algun nabo fanatico del "salve el medio ambiente" mania... y adivina quien esta justo en el medio....

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