Can't even properly express: "Mom, I wanna cuddle"

"No, not a 拥抱(hug), CUDDLE 🥺"

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

What's the difference between hug and cuddle? My frenchie ass always thought they were the same

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Cuddling takes longer than hugging, it's like an extended hug. The -le suffix in English is often frequentative, so sparkle meant "to emit many sparks", for example.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    frequentative

    Thanks to your comment, I’ve learned about the -le prefix and unlocked a new word. I’m going to bed satisfied. :)

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    It is one of the best bits of derivational morphology I know!

    And the best part is that it is part of the explanation of where the word "disgruntled" comes from. Turns out there really is a word "gruntled", or well, there was - it's fallen out of usage. "Gruntle" meant "to emit many small grunts" - as a pig might do if it were content. So disgruntled came to mean the opposite of being content.

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