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  • noun A hotplate.
  • noun A stove with a hot element; therefore a hazard if touched.
  • noun metaphoric Any potentially harmful situation.

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Examples

  • Nobel-garlanded economists are now, and forever will be, participants in the hot-stove league discussion about who deserves how much blame--from the ratings agencies to the banks to the SEC to the mortgage factories to the GSEs to the reckless home buyers OK, the economists never seem to get around to blaming them--that's just me.

    Wait A Minute--Why Should I Hate Bernie Madoff? Kyle Smith 2011

  • Yeah, I follow the hot-stove events in MLB and NFL as much as I follow the seasons, it seems.

    Best Vincent Price Movie Evar yendi 2005

  • After Cone's poor second half last year, it took New York well into the hot-stove season to come up with the one-year deal for him.

    Taking out the crystal ball for second half 2000

  • With the World Series over, the hot-stove season begins in earnest as each team sets its sights on contending next year.

    NYT > Home Page By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN 2011

  • Plus, TSN's depth allowed its story chasers to concentrate on their Blackberrys instead of hot-stove chat.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRUCE DOWBIGGIN 2011

  • It's the hot-stove league for music writers, and it's exactly what they should be doing.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • It's the hot-stove league for music writers, and it's exactly what they should be doing.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Usual Suspects asked some non-media NHL figures - on the promise of anonymity - what subjects are underreported by the gaggle of hot-stove pundits.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRUCE DOWBIGGIN 2010

  • Usual Suspects asked some non-media NHL figures - on the promise of anonymity - what subjects are underreported by the gaggle of hot-stove pundits.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bruce Dowbiggin 2010

  • Usual Suspects asked some non-media NHL figures - on the promise of anonymity - what subjects are underreported by the gaggle of hot-stove pundits.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bruce Dowbiggin 2010

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