feel-good

It's worth remembering that the term 'feel-good' grew out of the drug culture.

'Buck': Champion Tale of a Horse Guru Joe Morgenstern 2011

It's worth remembering that the term 'feel-good' grew out of the drug culture.

'Buck': Champion Tale of a Horse Guru Joe Morgenstern 2011

"These marriages, in whichever state, are what I call feel-good marriages," Mr. Kramer said.

NYT > Home Page By THOMAS KAPLAN 2011

“You’re right,” she said, regretting having lobbied so hard for what was described as the feel-good chick flick of the year.

The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

“You’re right,” she said, regretting having lobbied so hard for what was described as the feel-good chick flick of the year.

The Owl and Moon Cafe Jo-Ann Mapson 2006

Plus, the nucleus accumbens - the brain's well-known pleasure center - modulates levels of dopamine, the so-called feel-good hormone.

NYT > Home Page By DANIEL J. LEVITIN 2011

Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Of course, daylight savings time will never go away, because modern environmentalism has become more a matter of making empty feel-good gestures than performing rational acts that actually improve something.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » It Seems I Was Right About Daylight Savings Time 2010

The story abandons us in a state of feel-good pseudo-security, not bothering to report the technical concerns of environmentalists, e.g.

Robert Koehler: The End Times Robert Koehler 2011

The story abandons us in a state of feel-good pseudo-security, not bothering to report the technical concerns of environmentalists, e.g.

Robert Koehler: The End Times Robert Koehler 2011