1. Strictly speaking, Jacuzzi is a brand name not a generic. ... Germans apparently call them 'little pools', while Labelle seems to be under the impression that Brits call them "
cuddle puddles".
—Miranda Fettes, "Bubbling Passion,"
The Scotsman, June 23, 2001
2. Speaking of drugs, I learned that at a rave, when people are on Ecstasy and feeling friendly, they fall into a pile on the floor. This is called a cuddle puddle.
—Craig Wilson, "On the beach with teens," USA Today, August 1, 2001
1. In Burundi Euro MPs danced on the tables. In Swaziland they relaxed in a hotel jacuzzi known as the '
cuddle puddle'.
—Richard Owen, "Europe's nice little earner,"
The Times, March 20, 1987
2. By the last [yoga] class session, ... Tesh gathers us into a closely knit circle again, and, as on the first evening, belly against our neighbor's back, legs stretching wide alongside theirs, we breathe and move together. Someone suggests we form a 'cuddle puddle,' and for a few moments we become a contented, intertwined clump, like a nestling litter of sleeping puppies.
—Todd Jones, "Contact Yoga," Yoga Journal, October 31, 1997
