(simile, UK, colloquial, vulgar, humorous) Very cold.
(simile, UK, colloquial, vulgar, humorous) Very cold.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(rare, North America, slang) Extremely cold.
(idiomatic, loosely) Very cold.
(slang) Extremely cold.
(AU, slang) A cold serving of beer.
A blue face with frozen teeth, an icicle hanging off, sometimes a frostbitten tongue. Two reads: literal cold (winter, weather, ice baths) and slang "cold" — meaning admirable, ruthless, unfazed, untouchable. The slang use compliments someone's skill, drip or attitude. Opposite of 🥵 in temperature; similar to "icy" or "untouchable" in slang. Common in sports, hip-hop and gym-progress content.