English

Adjective

fuzzy ‎(comparative fuzzier, superlative fuzziest)

1. Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals
2. Vague or imprecise.

   My recollection of that event is fuzzy.

3. Not clear; unfocused.

   I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.

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Noun

fuzzy ‎(plural fuzzies)

1. A very small piece of plush material; an individual flake of fuzzies.

   You've got a fuzzy on your coat.

2. Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
   • 2000, Kim Schilling, Ferrets for Dummies, New York: Wiley, ISBN 0764552597, page 1:

     If you don't yet have a ferret, this book can help you decide whether a fuzzy is for you.

3. (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
   • 2010, Donald Barr, Questioning the Premedical Paradigm: Enhancing Diversity in the Medical Profession a Century after the Flexner Report, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0801894166, page 2:

     A "fuzzy" on the other hand is a "people person," — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms.

Derived terms

• warm fuzzy

References

• fuzzy, adj. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.
• fuzzy. Frederick C. Mish (Editor in Chief), Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Merriam-Webster, 1994. OCLC 329147359