marshmallowy

adj 4

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adj

1

Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.

An ice-cube crusher for $1, a cake slicer, something like a miniature rake, to cut smoothly through the marshmallowiest frosting without a leak, for $1, […] were just a few I put on my list.

I can only guess at Wavy Gravy I scream. I suspect it's a version of heavenly hash, which is a marshmallowier version of rocky road.

2

Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.

3

Tending to be a pushover; overly accommodating.

“It changed Gable from a heavy to a comedian in It Happened One Night. It changed Jean Arthur from a marshmallowy ingenue to a hard-boiled wise- cracker in The Whole Town's Talking.”

I didn't want a self-pitying, poor Miss Pitiful Pearl, a marshmallowy wilted flower, or a nagging bitch for the wife. I wanted somebody with inborn dignity and pride, with the strength of understanding, a real human being. Not only a good actress.

4

Vacuous.

The spirit of Oprah is haunting yet another session of Sex Week. Once again, a basically tawdry event has come packaged in all kinds of marshmallowy language about self-understanding and self-acceptance.

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