It's baseball talk during the off season (winter). Devoted fans never stop talking about the sport, so they stand over a "hot stove" during the winter discussing transactions, managers, anything baseball related.

Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.

The hot stove is a term used to describe all of the personnel movement in baseball. With all of the free agent signings, trades, hirings, and firings.

Sitting around in a room while you do blow and bullshit with your buddies

Term used to describe a person who you are tempted to hook up with despite all logic and reasoning pointing to it being a poor decision. The term draws its origin to when you tell young children not to touch a hot stove but they do anyway and burn their hand. Examples include friend's sisters/brothers, co-workers/bosses, neighbors, roommates, family friend, friend's ex's, etc.

A VEHICLE PURCHASE SCENARIO WITH HIGH PROBABILITY OF A CUSTOMER MAKING A WARRANTY PURCHASE FOR A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.