air-con

See also: air con and aircon

English

Alternative forms

air con, aircon
aircond

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeə(ɹ)kɒn/

Noun

air-con (countable and uncountable, plural air-cons) (UK, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, informal)

(uncountable) Clipping of air conditioning.
- 2023 January 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60:
  As I say, it was a very hot day, and I found that the air-con was better on 777013 than either 777001 or 777009. There are, however, no emergency hopper windows, so if the air-con goes down on a hot day, you will cook!
(countable) Clipping of air conditioner.
Synonym: air-con unit
- 2020 August 10, Michael Cusack, “The Dusty Truck 'n' Donut Muster” (2:53 from the start), in YOLO: Crystal Fantasy‎^[1], season 1, episode 2, spoken by Rachel (Todor Manojlovic):
  “---- it's hot in here. Sweating like a ---- dog. Chuck the air con on.” “Yeah, alright.” (BLEEP!) “Got dust all in my throat from walking outside.” “Ugh!” (GROANS) “Yeah, that air con's doing nothing, eh? My ----'s like a ---- cheese factory down here.”

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Brunei Malay: ekon
→ Central Dusun: iikon
→ Indonesian: erkon
→ Japanese: エアコン (eakon)
→ Korean: 에어컨 (eeokeon)
→ Tagalog: erkon
→ Tausug: ilkun/irkun

Verb

air-con (third-person singular simple present air-cons, present participle air-conning, simple past and past participle air-conned)

(UK, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of air-condition.
- 2000 May 17, ANDREW BREEN, “Adam Yoshida - Please Introduce Yourself”, in sci.military.naval‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 July 2026:
  What's going to be very interesting is that I go straight from here to DC at the end of this month, and I gather that DC is a bit warmer than it is here. Although given the way buildings get air-conned there, maybe it'll be colder inside..
- 2008 December 10, Dan L, “Re: ot: Guess the scam”, in uk.rec.motorcycles‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 July 2026:
  Bishops Cleeve? I just air-conned a waste recycling facility there.
- 2009 December 13, terryc, “Earth-4Energy Review!!!”, in aus.electronics‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 July 2026:
  I would much rather have the trees. It would cost me far more to air-con the house if they were removed than the extra electricity generated.

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Carino, Corina, cranio-, racino