Tigger

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪɡə/

The English word “Tigger” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.

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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