Tigger

See also: tigger

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪɡə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Tig‧ger

Etymology 1

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”.

Noun

Tigger (plural Tiggers)

1. An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
   • 1978, John Elsom, Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, page 257:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 1999, Thisbe Nissen, Out of the girls' room and into the night, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 176:

     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.

Derived terms

• Tiggerish

Translations

overly enthusiastic or energetic person

• Finnish: vieteriukko
• Polish: Tygrysek m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Teigetje
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Tigergutt m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Tigr
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Tiger (sv)

Further reading

• Tigger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From the initials of The Independent Group +‎ -er.

Noun

Tigger (plural Tiggers)

1. (informal, UK politics, historical) A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.
   • 2019 February 25, John Crace, “The Independent Group may have secured another Tory government. That's not an accident”, in British GQ‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2020 January 31, Michael Deacon, “The 20 funniest moments of Brexit”, in The Telegraph‎^[2]:

     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 March 19, Rachel Johnson, Rake's Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis‎^[3], →ISBN:

     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.’