air-con

See also: aircon

English

Alternative forms

• aircon (UK, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, informal)

Etymology

Clipping of air conditioning.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeə(ɹ)kɒn/

Noun

air-con (countable and uncountable, plural air-cons)

1. (UK, Asia, Australia) air conditioner; air conditioning
   • 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.”

   • 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!

Derived terms

• air-conned

Descendants

• → Brunei Malay: ekon
• → Indonesian: erkon
• → Japanese: エアコン (eakon)
• → Korean: 에어컨 (eeokeon)
• → Tagalog: erkon

Anagrams

• Carino, Corina, cranio-, racino