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The softie
noun
Alternative form of softy
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The softie survivor in me is well and truly satisfied.
Who's the softie now?
Let the softie be a builder, too.
Theirs, however, was a triumvirate of rivals (they would quarrel — about Rand's atheism, among other things — and part ways), and compared to her co-parents of the movement that Paul Ryan now leads, Lane was the softie.
So Dennis the Menace being unspeakably mean to Walter the Softie is in the show; as are comics which address more meaty issues around sex, sexuality, violence, race and drugs.
Nora understood the need for a twist, so of course in their partnership, Nick, the Calabrian who hung out with made men, capos and squealers, was the softie; Nora, a Wellesley graduate in an apron and capri pants, was the killer…" The pair of them were each other's best critics and sounding boards.
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Now phrases such as "authentic masculinity" and "taking off the man mask" work their way into his conversations with peers.They talk about sex, drugs, violence, Vin Diesel and the empathetic softie played by Michael Cera in the movie "Juno" and whether it's possible to embody both characters at once.
I love a romantic comedy as much as the next softie, and even though I leave the theater waxing poetic about how intense, brooding, passionate and sexy (I could go on!) Ryan Gosling is, I know it's an act.
American audiences last night got to see both sides of Barack Obama; first the tough guy with a serious agenda on CBS's 60 Minutes and then the big softie and family man in "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special".
Admittedly, it flags - all double albums flag eventually - and Nas shares rather too much information on Remember the Times' graphic rollcall of old flames, including the romantic softie who "used to try to eat my excrement", but nobody's perfect - not even God's son.
The big softie.
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