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⌈ Secret Post #3076 ⌋

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Comments

ESL with a linguistic question

[(Anonymous)]

Can someone explain to me the difference between plush, stuffed, cuddly and soft toys? Is this a regional thing, or is there something in the way they're made?

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[herpymcderp]

They're all the same thing, there are just different names for it depending on geographical location.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[ill_omened]

Mostly regional terms.

Except plush toys/plushies was a furry term for the version you fuck.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[herpymcderp]

Well, it was co-opted. Plushies as a term existed in Murrica before furries existed.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[ill_omened]

Oh for sure.

I'm just saying, knowing is half the battle.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[(Anonymous)]

They're mostly the same thing. The main distinction I'd make is that "plush" toys are specifically the ones with a soft, fake fur/fuzz outer layer. There are stuffed toys made of non-plush material... muslin, terrycloth, etc. and I wouldn't refer to those as "plush".

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[shortysc22]

I feel like it might an age thing in addition to a regional thing. Younger children will refer to the toys different than everyone else.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[flipthefrog.livejournal.com]

I feel like they're all the same thing but there's definitely some regional/generational variation going on. Like, for example, in the Upper Midwest in America in the early 90s it was "stuffed animal" 100% of the time. I remember "plushie" gaining traction in... I want to say the 2000s? Then again this might be a thing where it differs from family to family, like what you call the thing that changes the TV channel and gets lost in the couch twice a day.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[(Anonymous)]

see idk about regional things...I've heard all the terms used interchangeably for the exact same thing, and sometimes by the same people.

A stuffed toy is the very generic term for it. "Cuddly" and "soft" are descriptors, so a stuffed toy can be cuddly and soft...but then some people use cuddly or soft as a branding term to convey that a toy is soft enough for small children to enjoy. But it really has no meaning or significance in the long run. And sometimes the words are used in trademarks or brands, for that matter.

Plush/plushie among nerd circles tends to refer to a specific stuffed toy - a piece of merchandise from an anime or similar Japanese property, which carries over into things like Star Wars or Marvel comics now that they're on the bandwagon putting out stuffed toys of human characters and not just animals/objects. But you will still hear people in all walks of life refer to a stuffed toy as a plush toy if it's soft, or if it's branded/marketed as "plush," etc.

Re: ESL with a linguistic question

[(Anonymous)]

A regional thing, at least in my experience.

UK English tends to use "cuddly toy", and US English tends to use "soft toy" or "stuffed animal" (in UK English, a "stuffed animal" would be the taxidermy kind).

Plush/plushies often refers to cuddly/soft toys that are merchandise tie-ins, especially in relation to anime.