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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arachne	ə-RAK-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Eniola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Amram	AM-ram (English), ahm-RAHM (Hebrew)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
EinrÍ	-	Irish
Philbert	-	French (Rare)
&Thorn;ÓRfastr	-	Ancient Scandinavian