BBC: Talk about English on May 4th

This whole talk devotes to an expedition to the Antarctica, and here are some interesting words and phases in the context:

• an inflatable boat needs to be filled with air before use; to inflate is to add something with air or gas
• fur seals are ungainly on land, but like ballet dancers in the water
• their flippers (fins) can roll over; with their bendy body, they are swivelling and twisting
• penquins too, they are darting arond and zipping along (quick movement)
• the first sight of the real Antarctica is spectacular (as all around are icebergs),but also distressing (some of them are so small and melting because of pollution)
• penguin chicks wear and about to lose brown fuzz balls, and some of them have tufts of hair; they look like a rather motley crew (mixed and varied in color)
• baby penguins can't swim, and they have to chase their parents who are their source of food

"Fuzz", as well as its adjective "fuzzy", have many meanings. In this context, fuzz means soft or curled hair or a tuft of hair. Besides the meaning of being like short fur or curled hair, fuzzy can also means unclear usually because of noises. Fuzzy logic is a branch of logic system used in mathematics and phylosophy which deals with probability (not only true and false).

"Fuss" can be confusing as well. If you make a fuss over somebody, you make noise or create commotion in order to draw attention from someone.