heat Archives – A Way with Words

pizza stone

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carborexic

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goose iron

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 19, 2007 · Add Comment

goose iron n.— «Apart from any other consideration, it’s is a psychologically healthy exercise for Bahamian people to recognize the way we once lived. At a time, for example, when we did not have things like electric steam irons and instead had to use what is called a “goose iron” and, to generate heat, live coals [...]
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Iberian yoga

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 18, 2007 · Add Comment

Iberian yoga n.— «The long break has been traditional in many countries with stifling midday heat, but Spaniards claim to have done the most to perfect the ritual, which Camilo Jose Cela, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, calls “our Iberian yoga.”» —“Spaniards have perfected the siesta ritual” in Madrid, Spain Seattle Times (Washington) Mar. 31, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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son stroke

Posted by Grant Barrett on April 13, 2007 · Add Comment

son stroke n.— «His action in sidelining senior leaders, including Siddaramaiah, to ensure that his son H.D. Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister, was “diabolical.” “I have heard about people getting sun stroke during summer due to excessive heat. But in the case of Mr. Deve Gowda, it was son stroke, which has blinded his secular ideals,” [...]
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looming

Posted by Grant Barrett on February 22, 2007 · Add Comment

looming n.— «The term for misjudging an oncoming train is “looming,” said Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell, and it can have deadly consequences. “You can’t accurately judge the distance of train,” she said. “They are always closer and faster than they appear.”» —“Police turn up the heat at crossings” by Jason Wells in South Glendale Burbank Leader (California) Feb. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued [...]
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