hairdryer treatment
nounEtymology
From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair).
Definitions
a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very…
a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly.
- 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.'.
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