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the physics of trapped air pretending to be a personality trait.

means Soft, light, and full of air — covered in or resembling a loose, downy texture that yields gently to the touch.

from From 'fluff,' an 18th-century word likely born as a softer, puffier reshaping of 'flue' (meaning downy stuff, lint, fuzz). The doubled 'ff' seems almost onomatopoeic — the very sound of something light and airy. The '-y' ending then turned the noun into the adjective we cuddle today: full of fluff, made of fluff, behaving like fluff.

air ratio
Most fluff is empty space holding warmth hostage.
wet betrayal
Water collapses fluff instantly into sad, matted strands.
survival tool
Animals fluff up to fake a larger body.
static charge
Fluffy fibers love grabbing electrons and your hair.
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