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hairdryer treatment

noun

  1. informal.
    (esp in sport) the practice of shouting at someone at close quarters in order to express one's displeasure at something he or she has done
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hairdryer treatment1

C21: from the supposed similarity between this experience and having a hot hairdryer too close to one's head

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