Phrase · Home & domestic life
the thermostat war
noun phrase
/thuh-ther-muh-stat-wor/
Definition
A bitter, passive-aggressive domestic conflict involving two people with vastly different core temperatures refusing to compromise.
In use
“We are currently entrenched in the thermostat war; she set it to 24, I dropped it to 18.”
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Language
- Language form
- noun phrase
- Pronunciation
- /thuh-ther-muh-stat-wor/
Classification
- Life domain
- Everyday life
- Topic
- Home & domestic life
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