Goldilocks

goldilocks English Etymology Apparently from en goldilocks, equivalent to en goldy lock locks tuft of hair, curl. Pronunciation gōlʹdē-lŏks en /ˈɡəʊldilɒks/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Goldilocks.wav Southern England en /ˈɡoʊldiˌlɑks/ GA,Atlantic Canada en /ˈɡoʊldiˌlɒks/ CA,dialects of the US Proper noun A golden-haired young girl, featuring as the protagonist of a traditional fairy tale, who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her. en 2022-09-06 Matthew Futterman The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022 w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/sports/tennis/us-open-balls.html Tennis players are the Goldilocks characters of sports.The balls are too big, or too small. The courts are too fast, or too slow. It’s too cold, or too hot, or too sticky, or too sunny. https://web.archive.org/web/20250725064220/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/sports/tennis/us-open-balls.html 25 July 2025 en figuratively used attributively A happy medium or optimal point between two extremes. en 2002 Gary Cokins Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive's Guide John Wiley & Sons 9780471217275 87 Once the appropriate levels are stabilized at a Goldilocks level, not too detailed nor too summarized, then the connection of the ABC/M data to business problems, their analysis, and ultimate solutions can follow. en 2013 Peter Collier A Most Incomprehensible Thing: Notes Towards a Very Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Relativity Incomprehensible Books 9780957389441 14 The mathematically rigorous texts, on the other hand, are unreadable for the non- specialist. I was looking for something in-between, a Goldilocks volume pitched just at my level, neither too easy nor too difficult. en 2014 Laura Stapleton The Very Best Man Stapleton Enterprises 9780989920124 He sighed at the Goldilocks temperature. Jane might think different, but this felt perfect to him. Derived terms en Baldilocks Goldilocks economy Goldilocks planet Goldilocks principle Goldilocks zone Translations fairy tale character Afrikaans: af Gouelokkies Breton: br Blev rodellek f Bulgarian: bg Златокоска f Catalan: ca Rínxols d'Or f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 金髮姑娘 Jīnfà Gūniang Cornish: kw Blewowrek f Danish: da Guldlok c Dutch: nl Goudlokje f Esperanto: eo Orbuklulino Estonian: et Kuldkihar Finnish: fi Kultakutri French: fr Boucles d'or f German: de Goldlöckchen n Hungarian: hu Aranyfürtöcske Icelandic: is Gullbrá f Italian: it Riccioli d'oro f Japanese: ja ゴルディロックス Gorudirokkusu ja 金髪の巻き毛ちゃん Kinpatsu no Makike-chan Korean: ko ^골디락스 Macedonian: mk Златокоса f Polish: pl Złotowłosa f Portuguese: pt Cachinhos dourados f Russian: ru Златовла́ска f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Златокоса f Latin: sh Zlatokosa f Spanish: es Ricitos de Oro f, es Ricitos Áureos f, es Ricitos Áuricos f, es Ricitos Dorados f Swedish: sv Guldlock f happy medium Finnish: fi juuri sopiva Polish: pl złoty środek m Russian: ru золота́я середи́на f Spanish: es óptimo, es ricitos de oro en Brothers Grimm Fairy tales Fairy tale characters