A playful term for individuals who exhibit traits typically associated with being overprotected during childhood, often resulting in a heightened sensitivity to humor, criticism, or challenging discussions.
This term suggests a person who navigates the world as if wrapped in bubble wrap, avoiding discomfort or confrontation to maintain a sense of safety.
Commonly used in social discourse to describe someone who may struggle to cope with satire, irony, or constructive feedback, often responding with defensiveness, outrage, or feeling "triggered" by remarks that challenge their worldview.
The term can also highlight the cultural conversation around parenting styles and the impact of 'safe spaces' in modern society, questioning the balance between protecting children and preparing them for real-world interactions.
The Bubble Wrap Bandits, with their finely honed sensitivity to every jab of humor and critique, are slowly but surely taking over the world, wrapping society in a protective layer of outrage and defensiveness. This new wave of hypersensitivity stifles satire, demands safe spaces at every turn, and reshapes conversations to avoid anything remotely uncomfortable or challenging, as even the slightest criticism or ironic remark is met with defensive outrage—lest the very fabric of their worldview burst at the smallest poke.
This term suggests a person who navigates the world as if wrapped in bubble wrap, avoiding discomfort or confrontation to maintain a sense of safety.
Commonly used in social discourse to describe someone who may struggle to cope with satire, irony, or constructive feedback, often responding with defensiveness, outrage, or feeling "triggered" by remarks that challenge their worldview.
The term can also highlight the cultural conversation around parenting styles and the impact of 'safe spaces' in modern society, questioning the balance between protecting children and preparing them for real-world interactions.
The Bubble Wrap Bandits, with their finely honed sensitivity to every jab of humor and critique, are slowly but surely taking over the world, wrapping society in a protective layer of outrage and defensiveness. This new wave of hypersensitivity stifles satire, demands safe spaces at every turn, and reshapes conversations to avoid anything remotely uncomfortable or challenging, as even the slightest criticism or ironic remark is met with defensive outrage—lest the very fabric of their worldview burst at the smallest poke.
Let’s face it: the Bubble Wrap Bandits are slowly taking over, and soon enough, no one will be able to take a joke without triggering an outcry. The world’s becoming so wrapped in defensiveness that humor’s getting suffocated under layers of outrage and hypersensitivity.
by TonyBamanaboniNZ November 8, 2024

by TheCam18 September 4, 2016

When you're in a relationship with someone and you need a few hours to take a little space to relax or work and do things independently. Ideally, this in no way threatens the relationship or means you love them less.
"Hey babe, it's been a long day. You mind if I take a little bubble time and play a game for a few hours?"
by ekedolphin March 16, 2024

Well, sometimes referred to as just the bubble, the dirty bubble in specific resembles a dirty, burnt methamphetamine pipe
When we started smoking, the bubble was clean, whoever just had this should’ve stuck to watching SpongeBob we’re not taking the dirty bubble challenge
by Anus cream pie October 20, 2023

by Davo sher January 12, 2025

"Bubble Nuggets" is a song from the episode "Oonski the Grateful” of the Nickelodeon animated television series Breadwinners. It is often used to refer to autistic people.
by Bubblenugg3tz June 11, 2024

AN OBESE FEMALE TO THE DEGREE IN WHICH HER LIMBS APPEAR SIMILAR TO THAT OF A CHEWED UP PIECE OF BUBBLE GUM.
A bubble gum bitch drove her hover round mobility scooter out in the street today and caused me to total my truck.
by BobbySwag March 28, 2025
