Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person, usually a woman or girl, with golden or blond hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
goldilocks . - noun A species of buttercup.
- noun A book-name for cultivated species Chrysocoma, composite plants from South Africa, with heads of yellow flowers.
- noun The Linosyris vulgaris, a native of Europe, resembling goldenrod, with small heads of yellow flowers.
- noun The filmy fern, Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense.
- noun The moss Polytrichum commune.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
goldylocks .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
- noun A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What will be interesting to see if they prefer McCain the wolf over Obama when goldilocks is out of the picture. tinisoli
Exit polls: Nearly half in both states say Wright an issue 2008
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The Turkish lira strengthened and bond yields fell Monday, as markets digested what some economists called a "goldilocks" outcome in Turkish elections.
Markets Welcome Turkish Vote Result Marc Champion 2011
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The Turkish lira strengthened and bond yields fell Monday, as markets digested what some economists called a "goldilocks" outcome in Turkish elections.
Markets Welcome Turkish Vote Result Marc Champion 2011
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Admit it, you took the 'goldilocks' economy for granted and didn't maximize the opportunities.
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This weekend at the coast he decided to try a ponytail as a way of not having his (in the words of drum-teacher Mike) "goldilocks" falling over his shoulders and confusing the wait-staff.
September 12th, 2006 wheatland_press 2006
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During the "goldilocks" era, which started in the early 1990s and ended a couple of years ago, deregulation, globalization and accelerating productivity growth helped central banks to keep consumer prices in check.
Globalized Inflation 2008
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The "goldilocks" scenario that has been supporting global financial markets is fully discounted.
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CPI, is expected to climb faster than the "goldilocks" rate of 2% of the last few years (1% currently), and standards of living are expected to suffer as general prices rise faster than incomes.
Minyanville 2010
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I've written quite a bit over the past year about what I call Obama's "goldilocks" and "one from column A and one from column B" approach to governance.
Hullabaloo digby 2010
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How are you enjoying that Bush "goldilocks" economy of cheap money and e-z credit?
Prolagus commented on the word goldilocks
Just hit "google definitions". First definition.
August 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word goldilocks
Oh my god. *is so overjoyed*
If only I were a large, hairy, gay man, I could have my own goldilocks!!
August 9, 2008
yarb commented on the word goldilocks
If I were a goldilocks, I could have my own large, hairy gay man!
August 9, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word goldilocks
If I had gold hair, I could have my large gaylocks!
August 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word goldilocks
Ursula!
August 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word goldilocks
Wingnuts.
August 9, 2008