slow burnn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌsləʊ ˈbəːn/, U.S.

/ˌsloʊ ˈbərn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., burn n.³

Etymology: < slow adj. + burn n.³, after slow-burning adj. and slow burner n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.

1. A display or manifestation of slowly-mounting anger or frustration; the act or state of gradually becoming enraged. Esp. in to do a slow burn.In early use often with reference to a display of anger or frustration acted in a film (esp. in a comic context) and frequently associated with the American comedy actor Edgar Kennedy (1890–1948), whose signature technique of conveying rising anger was known as the slow burn.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > becoming angry > slowly

slow burn1933

1933 Internat. Photographer July 32/2 Rehearsing. Demetri cannot remember his line. Miss VaDillah burning up. (This is a slow burn.)

1935 Screenland Feb. 20/1 Liza,..you do the most marvelous ‘slow burn’ I have ever seen. You should see your face... Come, now, don't be mad.

1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time xiv. 184 Just a nice polite reasonable Act for him to swallow and like it. I bet he did a slow burn about that one.

1969 H. Carvic Miss Seeton draws Line v. 93 A slow burn began inside Bob.

1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery ii. 39 I went into a slow burn, wanting to respond, but stopping myself.

2. Originally with reference to comedy: the technique of slowly building up to a joke or comic scenario. In later use: something which takes time to develop or progress; (also) something that initially makes little impression but becomes more appealing or gripping over time.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction

exsibilation1640

call1754

encore1763

goose1805

the big bird1825

recall1851

curtain1884

curtain-call1884

slow burn1936

1936 M. Eastman Enjoym. of Laughter viii. ii. 318 The ‘slow burn’, so often employed on the screen by Laurel and Hardy, is more appropriate to understatement, more subtle, infinitely more precarious.

1975 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 12 For some of her jokes in public Margaret Thatcher relies..on what professional comedians call the ‘slow burn’.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Feb. Abra, a blues (of sorts), is just a tremendous piece of music—a 12-minute slow burn in which Threadgill (on tenor sax) leads the others with a shout in and out of the most basic of structures.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 18 Nov. 93/2 Housekeeping..is a slow burn of a book, building its themes of familiar loss and self-understanding with long sentences, extended metaphors, [etc.].

2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 5/1 David Morrissey and Ian Hart excel in the story of an ordinary taxi driver who is led astray by an old friend. It's a slow burn—but gripping.

B. adj.

That takes time to develop or progress; that initially makes little impression but becomes more appealing or gripping over time.

ΚΠ

1946 Motion Picture Daily 13 Aug. 4/2 Miss Bacall once more does her ‘slow burn’ kind of characterization.

1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 22 The realization..strikes him, like a slow-burn gag in a movie-comedy.

1996 Entertainm. Weekly 26 Apr. 17/1 This was the first prime-time drama to employ such a protracted, slow-burn narrative.

2001 Touch Dec. 45/1 I'm always going to be one of those slow-burn artists in terms of the mainstream.

2006 Independent 22 Mar. 44/3 Many of us were on the floor over the slow-burn romance between Mac and Dr Caroline Todd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slow burn
释义	slow burnn.adj. Brit. /ˌsləʊ ˈbəːn/, U.S. /ˌsloʊ ˈbərn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., burn n.³ Etymology: < slow adj. + burn n.³, after slow-burning adj. and slow burner n. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n. 1. A display or manifestation of slowly-mounting anger or frustration; the act or state of gradually becoming enraged. Esp. in to do a slow burn.In early use often with reference to a display of anger or frustration acted in a film (esp. in a comic context) and frequently associated with the American comedy actor Edgar Kennedy (1890–1948), whose signature technique of conveying rising anger was known as the slow burn. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > becoming angry > slowly slow burn1933 1933 Internat. Photographer July 32/2 Rehearsing. Demetri cannot remember his line. Miss VaDillah burning up. (This is a slow burn.) 1935 Screenland Feb. 20/1 Liza,..you do the most marvelous ‘slow burn’ I have ever seen. You should see your face... Come, now, don't be mad. 1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time xiv. 184 Just a nice polite reasonable Act for him to swallow and like it. I bet he did a slow burn about that one. 1969 H. Carvic Miss Seeton draws Line v. 93 A slow burn began inside Bob. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery ii. 39 I went into a slow burn, wanting to respond, but stopping myself. 2. Originally with reference to comedy: the technique of slowly building up to a joke or comic scenario. In later use: something which takes time to develop or progress; (also) something that initially makes little impression but becomes more appealing or gripping over time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 1936 M. Eastman Enjoym. of Laughter viii. ii. 318 The ‘slow burn’, so often employed on the screen by Laurel and Hardy, is more appropriate to understatement, more subtle, infinitely more precarious. 1975 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 12 For some of her jokes in public Margaret Thatcher relies..on what professional comedians call the ‘slow burn’. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Feb. Abra, a blues (of sorts), is just a tremendous piece of music—a 12-minute slow burn in which Threadgill (on tenor sax) leads the others with a shout in and out of the most basic of structures. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 18 Nov. 93/2 Housekeeping..is a slow burn of a book, building its themes of familiar loss and self-understanding with long sentences, extended metaphors, [etc.]. 2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 5/1 David Morrissey and Ian Hart excel in the story of an ordinary taxi driver who is led astray by an old friend. It's a slow burn—but gripping. B. adj. That takes time to develop or progress; that initially makes little impression but becomes more appealing or gripping over time. ΚΠ 1946 Motion Picture Daily 13 Aug. 4/2 Miss Bacall once more does her ‘slow burn’ kind of characterization. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 22 The realization..strikes him, like a slow-burn gag in a movie-comedy. 1996 Entertainm. Weekly 26 Apr. 17/1 This was the first prime-time drama to employ such a protracted, slow-burn narrative. 2001 Touch Dec. 45/1 I'm always going to be one of those slow-burn artists in terms of the mainstream. 2006 Independent 22 Mar. 44/3 Many of us were on the floor over the slow-burn romance between Mac and Dr Caroline Todd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1933
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