security blanket
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A small blanket held by a child for comfort and reassurance.
2. Something that provides a feeling of safety, comfort, or emotional stability.
3. Protective measures designed to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of sensitive information.
💬 Usage Examples
“Keeping up with a child’s security blanket can be frustrating at times, especially if it’s forgotten somewhere or they just won’t do a thing without it regardless of what kind of condition it is in.” Jodie Lynn; How to Wean Child From Blankie; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Aug 25, 2016. “At this point, making a crack about crowd sizes being Mr.
Trump’s sweaty security blanket is so hackneyed that it might get you booed off the stage at an amateur stand-up comedy night.” Shannon Proudfoot; Harris Finds the Secret Skeleton Key to Undoing Trump; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Sep 12, 2024.