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Bambi lover en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Bambi, a young deer in a 1942 animated film of the same name produced by Walt Disney Productions.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is fond of animals in a sentimental or anthropomorphizing way.
   • If the natural fecundity of deer could be controlled, the passionate pleadings of Bambi lovers who anthropomorphize could probably be accommodated, at least in urban areas and parks. 1998, Cooper Rutledge, Backyard Battle Plan, page 72:
   • He is contemptuous of Bambi lovers and those who don't "speaka the English." He chews tobacco and spits, wears a checkered shirt and leather vest, keeps a gun in the trunk of his car […] 1990, Paul Loukides, Linda K. Fuller, Beyond the Stars: Stock characters in American popular film, page 93:
   • I consider myself a genuine conservationist, not a Bambi lover or tree hugger, but a true conservationist. 2015, Richard Waltner, Love Times Four: Four Love Stories Under One Cover, page 24:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Bambi, lover.
   • BAMBI. By Walt Disney. Grosset & Dunlap, New York. $.50. This well-illustrated edition will be one that Bambi lovers will want to keep on hand for the family. 1942 December 20, Flora Coyle, “Books for Young Americans”, in The News and Observer, volume CLV, number 173, Raleigh, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, section M (Editorial; Features), page 5, column 1:

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Relateds

Bambi factor