hairdryer treatment

noun

Etymology

From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair).

Definitions

  1. 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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