Soft spot has both literal and figurative meanings. Literally, a soft spot is a soft, tender, or mushy area on a surface that should be firm, such as a bruise on fruit, a rotted weak area on floor, or the fontanelle on a baby's head where skull bones have not yet fused and the area is soft and pulsating. It can also mean a tender or painful area on body. Figuratively, soft spot means affection, fondness, liking, or emotional vulnerability for someone or something, making you more kind, forgiving, or generous toward them. For example, he has a soft spot for dogs means he especially loves dogs, she has a soft spot for old movies means she is fond of them. In relationships, soft spot means special place in heart. In engineering or security, soft spot means weak point or vulnerability, as in security has a soft spot. The phrase to have a soft spot for is most commonly used figuratively to mean to be especially fond of. The origin is from idea of softness being tender and easily impressed, opposite of hard. So soft spot means either physical soft area or emotional fondness and vulnerability.
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