Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairdryer treatment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: hairdry-er treat-ment
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly.

Example Sentences

"Of course, sometimes the hairdryer treatment can be taken with a pinch of salt."
"He insists Wilkinson's hairdryer treatment did the trick. He...points out, 'When I got back in, I stayed in.'."
"2013, John Prescott, Ed Miliband is Labour's Alex Ferguson and he needs to give any slacking ministers the hairdryer treatment, in Mirror online, 20 Aug 2013, If Shadow Cabinet members aren’t pulling their weight, give them the hairdryer treatment and kick ’em out."

Etymology

From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair).

Inflected Forms

hairdryer treatments (plural)

Questions

What does hairdryer treatment mean?: a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly.
Where does hairdryer treatment come from?: From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair).

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