Definitions
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- noun US, childish Any object, typically a
blanket ,garment or stuffed animal that is used simply for itscomforting characteristics. - noun US, intimate A term of
endearment . - noun A
fictional character , usually physically attractive, who is put under constant stress andangst so as to create emotional attachment. - noun US, military slang A poncho liner.
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Examples
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Military pals lent support, notably with a combat "woobie" -- a Marine camouflage sleeping bag, the kind guards drape over their shoulders while on duty on a cold night.
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin is cancer-free and thankful after treatment 2010
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I doubt whether anybody else needs quite the same things from tv at the moment as I do (bite-size, humorous, positive, but containing moments of strong emotion and pain that make me woobie), so I know I walk alone ... this lonely road ... bugger, I've turned into Green Day.
Susannah's Journal skittledog 2009
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You're really losing it, aren't you, poor woobie * slaps him for stupidness, then huggles him*
The Boundaries of Temptation (2/5) amberfocus 2009
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I doubt whether anybody else needs quite the same things from tv at the moment as I do (bite-size, humorous, positive, but containing moments of strong emotion and pain that make me woobie), so I know I walk alone ... this lonely road ... bugger, I've turned into Green Day.
skittledog: Awesomeness skittledog 2009
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The Concrete Tomb of Hradzka - yup, it's official: Crixus is the woobie
yup, it's official: Crixus is the woobie hradzka 2010
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Seriously, the show is hammering *hard* on the woobie formula for Crixus: it keeps showing him as a sonofabitch and often bully who is suffering greatly deep in his soft little heart.
SPARTACUS: episode 8 (NSFW) hradzka 2010
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Infantrymen are almost unanimous in their opinion that the greatest equipment the Army ever fielded is the “smoking jacket” (field jacket liner) and “woobie” (poncho liner).
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Somebody needs to get Ron a new woobie right away.
Sound Politics: Heh 2007
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I put on a pair of comfortable pants, warm woobie socks and one of my most favorite sweaters because I KNOW that it looks good on me.
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It's finally warm enough, but he still wears a woobie.
Update on Insomnia Becca 2007
sarahatlee commented on the word woobie
I take my (object name) everywhere. It's my woobie.
April 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word woobie
Nice! Do you pronounce this more like "woo-bee," or "wub-bie"? (I say it more like wubbie.)
April 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word woobie
We also spell this wubby.
February 14, 2011