Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

global boiling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: glob-al boil-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very fast and sharp increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and stopping heat escaping into space; an extreme form of global warming.

Example Sentences

"“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”"
"In the aftermath of global warming, concerns regarding the sustainability of natural resources have intensified due to global boiling (Arora and Mishra, 2023)."
"The mass bleaching is a relatively new phenomenon that's turned chronic in what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes as the era of global boiling."
"The term “global boiling” is now used to describe current climate change, as recent climate data highlight a significant departure from the conventional understanding of global warming."

Etymology

Coined by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in July 2023.

Inflected Forms

global boilings (plural)

Questions

What does global boiling mean?: A very fast and sharp increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and stopping heat escaping into space; an extreme form of global warming.
Where does global boiling come from?: Coined by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in July 2023.

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