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Someone who shows love by making you finish a plate you didn't order seconds of.
means A person whose primary way of showing care is pushing food on you until you eat it.
from From 'feed,' traced back to Old English 'fedan,' meaning to nourish or give food to — itself rooted in the ancient Germanic word for 'food,' related to 'fodder.' The '-er' suffix simply marks the doer, so a feeder is literally 'one who feeds.' The leap from neutral verb to beloved household tyrant with a serving spoon is cultural, not etymological — language gave us the tool, grandmothers did the rest.
- origin
- term also names fetish kink involving weight gain
- aviation sense
- small plane route feeding passengers to big hubs
- biology use
- feeder fish bred purely to be eaten by others
- grandma energy
- universal culture trait disguised as hospitality