slow burn
verb phrase (slang)

- A gradually increasing sense or show of anger

(The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition 2000)

Slow burn can also refer to an activity or process that takes a long time to complete.


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WORD ORIGIN
According to several sources, the phrase slow burn, meaning a delayed anger reaction, entered the English language in the late 1930s. It was used to describe American film actor Edgar Kennedy, better known as the king of the slow burn. Kennedy was famous for film roles in which he dealt with difficult or stressful situations by staring into the camera, pausing and then slowly rubbing his hand over his face.

Slow Burn is also the title of a song that appeared on the David Bowie album “Heathen” released in 2002. The song was nominated for a Grammy for best rock male vocal performance.

Slow Burn is also a crime thriller starring Ray Liotta that will come to the theatres in 2007.


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SYNONYMS for anger
acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blood of a bitch, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, pet, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, sore, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence


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Additional “slow” phrases:

- slow-footed, slow-moving = something that proceeds at a slow pace
- slow motion = a filmmaking technique in which the action on screen is slower than normal
- slowpoke =- someone who moves, acts or works slowly
- slow-witted = someone who is slow to understand or comprehend something


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say something like:

“I did a slow burn after I heard someone else got the new sales manager position.”