TLC
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Definition
Noun: * Tender Loving Care: Considerate, gentle, and affectionate attention or treatment given to someone or something to help them feel better, recover, grow, or thrive. It implies a nurturing and compassionate approach.
Usage
"TLC" is an initialism (an abbreviation pronounced by saying each letter) for "tender loving care." It is almost always used in its abbreviated form. It functions as an uncountable noun and is often preceded by quantifiers like "some," "a lot of," or "a little."
Examples
- After her surgery, she needed plenty of TLC from her family.
- This old car just needs a little TLC to get it running again.
- The rescued animals receive constant TLC at the sanctuary.
- Give those plants some TLC, and they'll start to bloom.
Advanced Usage
- Personification: "TLC" is often applied to objects (like cars, houses, or plants) to suggest they require gentle, attentive maintenance as if they were living things that need care.
- This antique furniture could look beautiful again with some TLC.
Variants and Related Words
- Tender Loving Care (full phrase): The unabbreviated form of "TLC," used less frequently in casual speech but with the same meaning.
- The nurse provided tender loving care to all her patients.
Synonyms
- Care
- Nurturing
- Attention
- Pampering
- Solicitousness
Idioms and Common Phrases
- To give/get some TLC: The most common construction for using this word.
- I'm going to give myself some TLC this weekend with a good book and a bath.
- That scratch on the table will disappear if it gets some TLC.
Noun
- considerate and solicitous care
- young children need lots of TLC