BIG CHILL

PRONUNCIATION: (big CHIL)

MEANING: noun:
1. An extremely cold spell.
2. A prolonged period of global cooling or glaciation.
3. A state of emotional letdown, disillusionment, or waning enthusiasm.
4. A metaphor for death or the end of life.

ETYMOLOGY: From big, perhaps of Scandinavian origin + chill, from Old English cele (coolness). Sense 3 was influenced by the 1983 film The Big Chill in which former college idealists reunite and confront their disappointments. Earliest
documented use: 1911.
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BIG CHILI - a prize-winning pepper

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