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Touchy feely
Joanna did not like Caleb because he was too touchy-feely.
The support group for alcoholics is very touchy feely
Asians are generally less touchy-feely than people from europe.
Definition: expressing a lot of emotion easily, often by touching people with your hands, in a way that some people think is embarrassing
Food porn
Jamie Oliver is going to war with food porn by getting children to eat healthy school lunches.
Tiffany's blog is covered in food porn from the expensive restaurants she goes to.
French dishes are the most prone to becoming food porn.
Definition: spectacular visual presentation of cooking or eating in advertisements, infomercials, blogs, cooking shows or other visual media, foods boasting a high fat and calorie content, exotic dishes that arouse a desire to eat or the glorification of food as a substitute for sex
Etymology: feminist critic Rosalind Coward in her 1984 book Female Desire[5] in which she writes:
"Cooking food and presenting it beautifully is an act of servitude. It is a way of expressing affection through a gift... That we should aspire to produce perfectly finished and presented food is a symbol of a willing and enjoyable participation in servicing others.
Sticking point
There are still a few sticking points, like confiscated assets, that both countries need to work out before restoring diplomatic ties.
The VAT taxes for the Greek islands was a major sticking point to the Greek bailout talks.
The role of the army was the main sticking point in the talks.
Definition: subject in which two opposing sides cannot agree on.
Etymology: been in use since the 1820s.
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