TLC

tender loving care

Also, TLC. Solicitous and compassionate care, as in These houseplants sure have had tender loving care, or Older house for sale, needs some renovation and TLC. Originally used to describe the work of care-givers such as nurses, this term today is often used ironically or euphemistically. [Second half of 1900s]

TLC

n. tender loving care. (Initialism.) This old car will keep running as long as I give it lots of TLC.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leigh	[li:]
Helena	he-LE-nah (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish), hay-LAY-nah (Dutch), HE-le-nah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Es
Genette	jə-NET	English (Rare)
Chipo	-	Southern African, Shona
JarosŁAw	yah-RAW-swahf	Polish
Vakha	-	Chechen