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melter
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A person who does your head in: relentlessly annoying, repetitive or hard work. Nearly always a pure melter.
From the complaint my head is melted: the melter is the one doing the melting. It covers persistence, repetition and volume rather than malice. A melter usually means well; that is part of the condition.
Melter in a sentence
Melter rarely travels without pure or absolute in front of it, and situations qualify as well as people.
Asked if the bruise was sore. Five separate times.
Explained my own job to me at a wedding.
Sent three voice notes, each one longer than the last.
Common questions
What does melter mean?
A melter is a person who does your head in: relentlessly annoying, repetitive or hard work, though rarely malicious.
What is a pure melter?
The standard intensified form. Melter rarely travels without pure or absolute in front of it.
Where does melter come from?
From the complaint "my head is melted". The melter is the one doing the melting.
How do you use melter in a sentence?
"He is a pure melter" or, about a situation, "that meeting was a melter".
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Mortified
The dignity-shredding party game.
Mortified is a party game where every scenario is about someone in the room. The melter gets found out by round two. One person buys, the whole room plays.
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See also
- eejit /ˈiː.dʒɪt/ noun A fool, said with affection. The melter and the eejit are sometimes the same person.
- scundered /ˈskʌn.dəd/ adjective Mortified, embarrassed, affronted. The word the studio is named after.
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