Etymology An alteration of tiger, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of the tiger friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, who is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner (1928) and described as “a Very Bouncy Animal”.
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An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
Whereas Olivier, particularly when first nights approached in which he was appearing, invited protectiveness from those around him, Hall was sometimes like a Tigger whom others wanted to unbounce.1978, John Elsom, Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, page 257:
Never again, I trust, will I hear the play's first word ("If") so underlined as if there is philosophically every reason to doubt that music be the food of love, and never again, I trust, will I be led to find myself thinking in the first scene of Orsino as an understudy rehearsing King Lear in his opening scene, or as a Tigger in an absolute frenzy to be even more bouncy than usual.1995, Mark Scott, “Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations”, in Michael Magoulias, editor, Shakespearean Criticism, volume 26, Gale Research Co., →ISBN, page 291:
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He was like a Tigger: he didn't walk; he bounced. He pissed some people off, too, with his lackadaisical, what's-a-schedule? unreliable ways.1999, Thisbe Nissen, Out of the girls' room and into the night, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 176:
Nor is there any sign that Corbyn is at present willing to make any overtures to the eight Tiggers and those who may be contemplating joining them.2019 February 25, John Crace, “The Independent Group may have secured another Tory government. That's not an accident”, in British GQ:
For one Tigger in particular, Chuka Umunna, 2019 was quite a rollercoaster. Over the course of the year, he was an MP for Labour, an MP for The Independent Group, an MP for the Lib Dems, and then an MP for no one.2020 January 31, Michael Deacon, “The 20 funniest moments of Brexit”, in The Telegraph:
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In fact, Joan Ryan MP (the first Labour MP to jump ship to the Tiggers/Change UK) said, after I'd confessed to her about the dog shampoo, ‘Well, I think your coat looks very nice.’2020 March 19, Rachel Johnson, Rake's Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis, →ISBN: