Last night I was phoned to help out my 12 year old niece with her science homework, which was an A-Z of terms associated with fuels and energy (allegedly, some of the questions clearly weren't!). To my shame, I failed on one question which was 'thermal d...'
As it was read out over the phone, and as I don't know what the topic actually was, and as I don't recall the Year 7 'lie' I can't be sure what the intent was. But does anyone have a four-letter (polite!) d-word for thermal in their vocabulary?
I was just quite pleased that I could instantly answer the question 'solvent for chewing gum' beginning with 'x' as xylene - but only because that's the only solvent I could think of beginning with that letter! And I had to smile that my sister had not sussed that a word beginning with 'y' for a cold, sooty bunsen flame was yellow! All good fun.
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I think it was not 4 but 6 letters, and the word for Thermal was DAMART! [by the way, the tagline in France for Damart products, printed on their carrier bags, is "Elegant and seductive"!]
It seems we think alike! That was my initial suggestion, but was met with derision by my sister, and my niece was adamant it was four letters.
Should I ever feel the neeed for seductive thermals I now know where to go!