Definitions
Etymologies
- fire + breather (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Yeah, Erickson's a firebreather, but he traffics in opinion and as somebody who's offered up his share of offensive commentary in the past, it's not like I could say that he somehow has less right to be inflammatory simply because he's on the opposite side of the fence from what I believe.”
The Huffington Post: Chez Pazienza: ABC News to Redeem Guy With No Redeeming Qualities
“Likely check, and no chance a firebreather gets through the Senate in any event.”
“Not everyone who listens to firebreathing sermons is a firebreather themselves.”
"But that's what makes Obama's association with Wright so significant. He's not from Alabama."
“Indeed, one of their chief gurus, Reaganite firebreather Michael Ledeen, says that if the Dominators have the courage to reject ‘clever diplomacy’ and ‘just wage total war’ to subjugate the Middle East, ‘our children will sing great songs about us years from now.’”
“Now, some six months of brandy basting later, taking a bite of my fruitcake makes me feel like a firebreather in training.”
“Indeed, one of their chief gurus, Reaganite firebreather Michael Ledeen, says that if the Dominators have the courage to reject “clever diplomacy” and “just wage total war” to subjugate the Middle East, “our children will sing great songs about us years from now.””
“What's truly creepy is that this guy seems to be some kind of avenging fundamentalist firebreather on top of everything else or so he says:”
“You've got some of the most moderate members of your party -- Governor Pataki, among others, who's certainly no firebreather -- talking as if this was about to be a stolen election, and Democrats in kind.”
“A sword won't work against a firebreather," she pointed out "It would toast you before you could use your weapon.”
“His encounter with the Gap Dragon had been more than sufficient to teach him respect-and that had been merely a steamer, not a firebreather.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘firebreather’.
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Hot Bodies
Hot and fiery words associated with the human body and spirit. I added furfuration only because it needed some attention.
splenitive, spitfire, hot-livered, fire-eating, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hot-spirited, full-hot, ignipotent, hotbrain, hothead, fire-eyed and 8 more...
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A Myriad of Irii
Iris varieties.
abbondanza, abiqua falls, about town, above the clouds, acadian miss, acapulco gold, act of kindness, adoregon, aegean wind, afternoon in rio, aggressively forward, agua fresca and 721 more...
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charming words sung by Joanna Newsom
lateen, catenaries, dirigibles, taciturn, exhume, vestal, bedraggled, poetaster, keening, embarcadero, slack-jawed, straggly and 82 more...
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What Joanna Wrote
Words written (and then sung) by the talented Ms. Newsom.
malleable, burnie, wishy-washy, baleen, kith, chim-choo-ree, rosemary, nautical, fumbling, catalyst, ululate, panopticon and 5 more...
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