- “Watch her legs. She’s trying to Koala hug him.”
Koala hug
verb; compounding of Koala (n.) and hug (v.)
to give someone a hug that involves wrapping both arms and legs around the person. This is a metaphor that describes a type of hug that people give each other based on the way Koala bears hug the trees in which they reside.
Etymology : Koala hug (v.) is a metaphor of the compound of Koala (n.) and hug (v.). Koala (n.) is the name of the Koala bear. Hug (v.) from 1560s, hugge "to embrace," of unknown origin; perhaps from Old Norse hugga "to comfort," from hugr "courage, mood," from Proto-Germanic *hugjan, related to Old English hycgan "to think, consider," Gothic hugs "mind, soul, thought." Other have noted the similarity in some senses to German hegen "to foster, cherish," originally "to enclose with a hedge". [etymonline]
Source : Rice University in April 2013
Last modified: 25 November 2013