hot button



hot button

Highly politicized or emotionally charged. Often used in the phrase "a hot button issue." Primarily heard in US. Wealth redistribution is a hot button issue on both sides of the political aisle.
See also: button, hot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SandieSAN-deeEnglish (Rare)
Horacioo-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Clarus-Late Roman
Damokles-Greek Mythology
Noelani-Hawaiian
Menelaus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)