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The physics of feeling safe: minimal space, maximum containment, zero drafts.
means The quality of being closely and comfortably enclosed — snug — with just enough room and no more.
from Snug surfaces in the late 1500s, first in nautical talk, describing a ship trimmed neat and tight with nothing loose to catch the wind. It's likely related to Scandinavian words meaning smooth or short-haired — tidy, close-fitting senses. From ships it drifted ashore to describe cozy rooms and tight-fitting clothes, and 'snugness' followed as the noun for that whole trim, enclosed, draft-free feeling.
- origin
- from old nautical term for shipshape and trim
- optimal state
- tight enough to hug, loose enough to breathe
- paradox
- too much becomes claustrophobia, not cosiness
- peak example
- blanket plus rain plus nowhere to be