What is a Cwtch?
Cwtch (pronounced ‘kutch’, to rhyme with ‘butch’), is Welsh for 'hug' or 'cuddle' not just any old hug or cuddle but very special one. What we in our family call a huggle or a squeezie tight.
Definition taken from BBC Travel. ‘Cwtch’: The hug invented by the Welsh
" “It’s not just a cuddle or a hug – it’s something special and something I wouldn’t do with everyone,” said Amy Jones, a Welsh Londoner whose mother comes from Cardiff and father from the Valleys. “A cwtch is what my parents would give me when I was young and had fallen over, it’s something my husband and I do on the sofa when we’re in a blissful cocoon, it’s what I give my friends when they’re stressed or sad. A cwtch is something you do when you’re overflowing with joy and love at another person’s sheer existence in your life that you can’t help but try and squeeze that love into them; it’s a safe space of love and comfort for someone who needs it; it’s all the best parts of being alive and loving someone, in a pair of arms. Hugs are for everyone; cwtches are only for a few, very special people in my life.” "
So now you know what a cwtch is. If there is someone in your life who needs a special comforting hug you now know the correct name for it.