Thermonsate

- verb, (-sated, sating)

To pre-heat an object or region of space for oneself or others to experience. Thermonsation, the process by which one thermonsates, is commonly referenced in public spaces whereby a stranger has pre-heated an object of interest preceding an individual's arrival.

Derived from a conjunction of the prefix "thermo", from Greek meaning heat, and inseminate, meaning to sow or implant seed into.

(person 1): This bus is packed but there's an open seat over here.

(person 2 upon sitting down): Aw gross, this seat is totally thermonsated.

(person 1): Dirty. You're probably sitting in the drippings of some fat old man's hot body.

by Evan AH March 11, 2010

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Thermostenosis

Noun. The inability to maintain one's body temperature, or subjective sense of temperature in a comfortable range. I have frequently used this word to describe my wife's tendency to be a little bit too cold or a little bit too hot. But my mother in law takes the cake; peri-menopausal women tend to suffer from this condition disproportionately as hot flashes may prevent them from tolerating anything but the most climate controlled air conditioned environment.

A notable figure in literature whose thermostenosis deterred him from bathing properly or frequently is Shel Silverstein's Dirty Dan: "Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest man, I never have taken a shower. I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with dirt, And my ears have enough to grow flowers. But the water is either a little too hot, Or else it's a little too cold."

by joegro August 1, 2013

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