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Favorite Blanket Names

When you were small, did you have a favorite blanket? If so, what’d you call it? A woobie? A blankie? A listener says her grandmother called hers an ookoosh, and wonders if the word reflects grandma’s Czech roots. This is part of a...

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woobie  n.— «Almost forgot the most important thing! My WOOBIE!! You might call it poncho liner. It’s a lifesaver on those cold nights in the patrol base.» —“Re: What’s in the pack?” by SJSNYDR Usenet: alt.toys.gi...

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woobie n. a security blanket; a blankie; a favorite toy or object. Also wooby. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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wooby  n.— «The scene where he was trying to tell Vicky Vale that he was really Batman reminded me of Mr. Mom where Keaton is trying to explain to his son that he’ll get him another “wooby.”» —“Batman...

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wooby  n.— «The resident villain, Huxley (Mandy Patinkin, suitably silly in a scenery-chewing turn), steals Elmo’s “wooby”—his word for the blanket—thus forcing the littlest Muppet on a perilous quest to retrieve it...

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woobie  n.— «In the same way that each member of the family chose something that represented them, and placed it in Chip’s casket. Adam and Holly and their children chose Connor’s pacifier and Janie’s “woobie.”» —“Myers’...

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