2007, Bri Karamol, quoted in "People on the street", The BG News (Bowling Green State University), Volume 102, Issue 72, 6 December 2007, page 4:
"Little spoon, because you get to cuddle up like a little ball. It's amazing."
2011, Charlotte Knight, "You snooze, you lose", The Daily Titan (California State University, Fullerton), Volume 89, Issue 13, 24 February 2011, page 4:
So we would attempt to nap. But as he had a twin bed, space was limited, so I would insist he be the big spoon and I be the little spoon.
2012, Ashley Korpal, quoted in "Survey: Big spoon or little spoon?", The Exponent (Northern State University), Volume 110, Issue 8, 21 March 2012, page 8:
"I would prefer to be the little spoon because I feel safer and more protected that way."
"There are different kinds of cuddling positions, but I typically always start out spooning. And I am pretty small, so usually I'm the little spoon," Samuel said.
There's so much malt liquor sloshing through your veins you don't feel Sam climb underneath the table with you and nestle herself into the position of the little spoon.
2012, J. L. Summers, "The voyage", The East Carolinian (East Carolina University), Volume 87, Issue 138, 1 November 2012, page 3:
I mean guys all we really want is to be held at night and be the little spoon occasionally, but it's the women who come over expecting something entirely different.
2012, Anna L. Beedes, "Finding fairies in moustaches", Capilano Courier (Capilano University), Volume 46, Number 11, 26 November 2012, page 8:
The morning after, while demanding to be the little spoon he asked, “So you're not going to fall in love with me, are you?”
2013, Matthew Cattin, "Editorial", Debate (Aotearoa Student Press Association), Issue 19, August 2013, page 5:
And at the end of the day, sometimes I just want to be the little spoon, have my hair brushed softly over my ears and be told I'm worth it.
2013, Savannah Rogers, "Don't forget to hope", The George-Anne (Georgia Southern University), Volume 84, Issue 24, 10 October 2013, page 5:
Do you make sure he likes to cuddle, and is okay with being the little spoon?
After a night out you'll find yourself sharing your bed with a box of cheesy chips rather than arguing about who gets to be the little spoon with your partner and at this point you'll realize how far you really have fallen.