Goldilocks
noun
The main character in a fairy tale (Goldilocks and The Three Bears) who is known for her golden hair.
Goldilocks ate the bears' porridge and slept in their beds.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks and the three bears
- goldilocks taste test
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Literary
adjective
Being in the middle of two extremes; just right.
The temperature in the room was Goldilocks – not too hot and not too cold.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks zone
- goldilocks principle
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Approving
noun
A type of garden plant with yellow flowers.
I planted some Goldilocks in my garden this spring.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks asters
- goldilocks rockspray
noun
The main character in a fairy tale (Goldilocks and The Three Bears) who is known for her golden hair.
Goldilocks ate the bears' porridge and slept in their beds.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks and the three bears
- goldilocks taste test
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Being in the middle of two extremes; just right.
The temperature in the room was Goldilocks – not too hot and not too cold.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks zone
- goldilocks principle
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A type of garden plant with yellow flowers.
I planted some Goldilocks in my garden this spring.
Often appears as...
- goldilocks asters
- goldilocks rockspray
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Story Variant
There are versions where Goldilocks is an old woman.
In some stories, the old woman, not Goldilocks, enters the bears' home.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Goldilocks represents innocence or naivety in various contexts.
He referred to the new intern as Goldilocks, emphasizing her inexperience.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Metaphor
Her character can symbolize someone making uninvited choices.
Taking the boss's chair, he's quite the Goldilocks of the office.
Pro Tip 1/3Story Variant
There are versions where Goldilocks is an old woman.
In some stories, the old woman, not Goldilocks, enters the bears' home.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Goldilocks represents innocence or naivety in various contexts.
He referred to the new intern as Goldilocks, emphasizing her inexperience.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Metaphor
Her character can symbolize someone making uninvited choices.
Taking the boss's chair, he's quite the Goldilocks of the office.
Pro Tip 1/3Story Variant
There are versions where Goldilocks is an old woman.
In some stories, the old woman, not Goldilocks, enters the bears' home.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbol
Goldilocks represents innocence or naivety in various contexts.
He referred to the new intern as Goldilocks, emphasizing her inexperience.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Metaphor
Her character can symbolize someone making uninvited choices.
Taking the boss's chair, he's quite the Goldilocks of the office.
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The radical possibilities...
I'm saying really radically different that can still sell for produce and potentially create living organisms my personal opinion is that if we found new life we might not even recognize it so this obsession with the search for Goldilocks planets and in exactly the right place with water and whatever that that's a very parochial assumption
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His Epic Message Will...
are we not a miracle we are perfectly positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are
Video examples
The radical possibilities...
I'm saying really radically different that can still sell for produce and potentially create living organisms my personal opinion is that if we found new life we might not even recognize it so this obsession with the search for Goldilocks planets and in exactly the right place with water and whatever that that's a very parochial assumption
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
are we not a miracle we are perfectly positioned to the Sun so we don't burn but not too distant so we don't turn to Goldilocks said it best we are just like this paradise where we are given medicine from trees not coincidentally but because like the song says we are
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