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Hot enough for ya?
Meaning
- A classic, slightly annoying rhetorical question asked during a heatwave. It is the ultimate small-talk staple for when the weather is unbearable.
Jocular, conversational
Used in a sentence
- Wiping sweat from his brow, he said, hot enough for ya?
- Every July at the bank, someone is guaranteed to ask, hot enough for ya?
- When you are standing in the sun, the last thing you want to hear is hot enough for ya?
The backstory
This has no deep history other than the human instinct to commiserate about the weather. It is a linguistic ritual intended to bridge the gap between strangers in a store line.
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