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Maelstrom Posted 12 years ago
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"coal-hearted"
I've never heard of this expression before, so I take it that it's not usual/culturally compact? (But of course I can infer from the words it's consisted of that it means to convey of the character of an extremely evil-hearted person) The original context goes as: "After four years of high-school finals, I heartily agree — final exams are godless, last-minute GPA killers administered by coal-hearted masochists. "
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, being very unsympathetic. And by the way, whoever wrote this is confused in another way. He or she means 'sadists', not 'masochists'.
- , being very unsympathetic.
- And by the way, whoever wrote this is confused in another way.
- He or she means 'sadists', not 'masochists'.
- ___________ It's possible that the writer made up the expression "coal-hearted" to mean having a lump of coal instead of a heart, which would have the same meaning.
- Whether he did this to make himself look clever or simply out of ignorance of the word 'coldhearted' we'll never know.
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maelstrom"coal-hearted"A mistaken rendering of "coldhearted", having a cold heart, i.e., being very unsympathetic.
And by the way, whoever wrote this is confused in another way. He or she means 'sadists', not 'masochists'.
___________
It's possible that the writer made up the expression "coal-hearted" to mean having a lump of coa
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CalifJim maelstrom"coal-hearted"A mistaken rendering of "coldhearted", having a cold heart, i.e., being very unsympathetic.And by the way, whoever wrote this is confused in another way. He or she means 'sadists', not 'masochists'.___________It's possible that the writer made up the expression "coal-hearted" to mean having a lump of coal instead of a heart, which would hav
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