Bambi lover
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Bambi, a young deer in a 1942 animated film produced by Walt Disney.
Noun edit
Bambi lover (plural Bambi lovers)
- (slang, derogatory) A person who is fond of animals in a sentimental or anthropomorphizing way.
- 1990, Paul Loukides, Linda K. Fuller, Beyond the Stars: Stock characters in American popular film, page 93:
- He is contemptuous of Bambi lovers and those who don't "speaka the English." He chews tobacco and spits, wears a checkered shirt and leather vest, keeps a gun in the trunk of his car […]
- 1998, Cooper Rutledge, Backyard Battle Plan, page 72:
- If the natural fecundity of deer could be controlled, the passionate pleadings of Bambi lovers who anthropomorphize could probably be accommodated, at least in urban areas and parks.
- 2015, Richard Waltner, Love Times Four: Four Love Stories Under One Cover, page 24:
- I consider myself a genuine conservationist, not a Bambi lover or tree hugger, but a true conservationist.