Meaning of touchy-feely | Babel Free

Definitions

Physical contact, typically sexual, and usually inappropriate or unwanted.

uncountable

Examples

“Why is it that, when straight men are touched, it is an affront worthy of outrage and police investigation, yet a woman's being the subject of a bar-wide game of touchy-feely is par for the course?”

“When I was wrestling, females were just appearing on the scene. I loved my coach's position. "If they want to wrestle with the boys, sure, I will put our wrestlers on the mat for some touchy feely. (Paraphrased, but not by much)”

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