Goldilocks
adjective /ˈɡəʊldɪlɒks/
/ˈɡəʊldɪlɑːks/
- without extremes; just right
- The planet is in what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone: neither too hot, nor too cold.
- a return to the Goldilocks economy when growth was just right
Word OriginFrom the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears where a girl finds a house and tries things out until she finds the one that is just right: the chair that is neither too big nor too small, the porridge that is not too hot and not too cold, and the bed that is neither too hard nor too soft.