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cold shower

cold shower

A surprisingly chilly reception, reaction, or response, as in The small voter turnout was a cold shower to the League of Women Voters. The allusion in this term is to the unexpected and not always pleasant effect of an ice-cold shower. [Second half of 1900s]
See also: cold, shower

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Huitzilopochtli-Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Sieghild-German
Ekaitz-Basque
Deror-Hebrew
Hossein-Persian
VitoVEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
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