slow burn

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something thatemergesorunfoldsslowlyorgradually.Synonym:slow burner2012May 5, Jim Keeble, “I was a slow-burn dad”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:My own very personal journey into the deepest love of all – that of a parent for a child – was aslow burn. But it left me deeply connected to Milo in a way that I never imagined.2015April 9, Karl Mathiesen, “Permafrost 'carbon bomb' may be more of aslow burn, say scientists”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:The ‘carbon bomb’ stored in the thawing Arctic permafrost may be released in a slow leak as global warming takes hold, rather than an eruption, according to new research.[see title]2023August 22, Peter Lewis, “AI is not a one-time bomb, but a slow burn of devastation that is consuming jobs and culture”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:Thinking of AI like a bomb makes it seem like something that is deployed in a singular event, albeit one with devastating consequences rather than theslow burnthat is consuming jobs and culture.Agraduallyincreasingexpressionofemotion, espeicallyangerorfrustration.Antonym:outburst1957July 1, “Scoreboard”, inTime‎[4], archived fromthe originalon19 October 2011:In the ninth inning of a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Temple, Cincinnati Redleg second baseman, let a hot grounder sizzle through his legs, looked up to see the Scoreboard flash "error" and began aslow burn.1976,Alistair MacLean,The Golden Gate,page125:Revson breathed deeply. “I shall try to conceal myslow burn, what the Victorians would call my mounting exasperation. I thought we had parted friends.”2008July 25, Ty Burr, “‘Step Brothers’ is crude, rude—and funny”, inThe Boston Globe‎[5](film review):The comedy comes from the patientslow burnof the parents as they try to ignore the explosive belligerence of the boys.(fiction)Awork of fictionwith aslow-pacedplot;also,such astoryline.2021September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Mortyends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, inThe A.V. Club‎[6]:The second episode of tonight’s two part finale is the culmination of a storyline first introduced way back in the first season (episode ten, “Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind”). That aired over seven years ago. Even shows that pay very close attention to serialization rarely manage that kind ofslow burn.2023May 2, Cath Clarke, “Wolf Garden review – English rural werewolf horror is a majorslow burn”, inThe Guardian‎[7]:You might politely describe this werewolf thriller set in the English countryside, in which the werewolf is kept off-camera, as aslow-burn. A devastating revelation awaits us at the end, but for the first two-ish-thirds of the movie we watch a man in a cottage[…]looking alarmed and perturbed, possibly having a psychotic breakdown.2024June 16, Lucy Popescu, “The Cursed Friend by Beatrice Salvioni review – rebels with a cause”, inThe Observer‎[8]:Despite its dramatic opening, this is aslow burnof a novel. Salvioni might not display the flair of[Elena]Ferrante, but Francesca and Maddalena are vibrant characters for whom we quickly root.(fiction,fandomslang)Aromanticstory (especially a work offan fiction) in which the centralrelationshipdevelops slowly.2018, Francesca DiPiazza,Fandom: Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers,page30:Another familiar trope, theslow burn, teases the reader as characters secretly pine for one another . . . for a long time.2019, Robinwritesallthethings, “porn with plot”, inLemon,page62:Slow burnsare torture. Why wait? I want my characters getting down and dirty ASAP, and there's nothing wrong with that.2021, Aditi Dubey, “Considering Fanfic”, inRabbit Hole, number 1, Australian National University,page33:On some nights, I want a good long, juicy 70k wordslowburn, mutual pining, angst (with a happy ending, of course, I'm not a monster).For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:slow burn.

Examples:

EN: And the triple take with a slow burn... with a one-eye fade away, which was this.
ES: La toma triple puede complicarse rematándola con el guiño de un ojo.
EN: Now, to make a woman truly yours, you've got to have that slow burn.
ES: Para que una mujer sea realmente tuya. debe arder despacito.
EN: You've just changed this game from slow burn to boil.
ES: Acabas de cambiar este juego de fuego lento a ebullición.
EN: Lack of discoloration in shattered glass indicates slow burn before explosion.
ES: falta de coloración en vidrio roto indica fuego lento antes de Ia explosión.
EN: Booze may be a slow burn, but it's still suicide.
ES: La bebida tal vez sea lenta, pero aún así es suicidio.
EN: I'm gonna guess five days a week at the gym, low carb, low fat, slow burn, and for what, Nicky ?
ES: Diría que 5 días por semana en un gimnasio, pocos glúcidos, pocos lípidos, bajas calorías, ¿y para qué, Nicky?
EN: This is gonna be a slow burn About building trust with this woman.
ES: Esto va a ser una quemada lenta que va a ir de construir confianza con esta mujer.
EN: What's with the slow burn?
ES: ¿Qué hay con el incremento gradual?
EN: I was a slow burn with you.
ES: Fui a fuego lento contigo.
EN: It's a slow burn.
ES: Es una lenta quemadura.
EN: I just cut one, and I can tell it's gonna be a slow burn.
ES: Acabo de cortar una y puedo decir que será de quema lenta.
ES: Acabo de tirarme uno y puedo decir que va a ser duradero.
EN: Not a slow burn.
ES: No en un lento ardor.
EN: No one did a slow burn like Richard Breen.
ES: Nadie lo hizo como Richard Breen.
EN: - Fishlegs, give me a slow burn.
ES: - Patapez, un poco de fuego.
EN: I am, but to erase your soiled past from Victoria's memory requires a slow burn.
ES: Lo soy, pero para borrar tu pasado manchado de la memoria de Victoria hay que hacerlo a fuego lento.

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