Definition of generate more heat than light

generate more heat than light    

verb

• to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)

  The question of which brand is better comes up monthly on this forum. Those discussions tend to generate more heat than light.

  Last edited on Oct 28 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 28 2015.

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Other terms relating to 'heat':
feel the heat	Definitions include: to feel pressure.
heat	Definitions include: obvious.
heated	Definitions include: mad, angry, upset, aggravated.
heat 'er up	Definitions include: to spin the tires of a motor vehicle, causing smoke / dirt to fly everywhere.
heating thingy	Definitions include: vulva/vagina
heat on 'er	Definitions include: To get moving, get things going.
heat seeking moisture missile	Definitions include: penis.
heat, the	Definitions include: the blame.
pack heat	Definitions include: to carry a firearm.
take the heat	Definitions include: to take the blame for something, in order to divert it from someone else.
turn up the heat	Definitions include: to wear risque clothing.
Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
green light	Definitions include: to approve a plan.
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights down	Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
light up	Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
outen the light	Definitions include: to turn off a source of light.
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Other terms relating to 'more':
bite off more than (one) can chew	Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
more better	Definitions include: better.
more cuckoo than a clock	Definitions include: very cuckoo, i.e. crazy.
more cuckoo than a clock factory	Definitions include: very cuckoo, i.e. crazy.
the more the merrier	Definitions include: "The more people are involved, the happier the event will be."
TMTOWTDI	Definitions include: acronym for "there's more than one way to do it".
Other terms relating to 'than':
bite off more than (one) can chew	Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master.
blood is thicker than water.	Definitions include: family relations are more important than other relationships.
colder than a well digger's *ss	Definitions include: extremely cold.
colder than a witch's tit	Definitions include: extremely cold.
colder than a witch's titty in a brass bra	Definitions include: very cold.
crazier than a run-over dog	Definitions include: very crazy.
crazier than a sh*t-house rat	Definitions include: very crazy.
drier than a popcorned fart	Definitions include: uncommon variant of "drier than a popcorn fart".
drier than a popcorn fart	Definitions include: See popcorn fart.
dumber than a bucket of hammers	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
dumber than a coal bucket	Definitions include: very quiet.
EWBTE	Definitions include: acronym for "everything went better than expected".
faster than sh*t through a goose	Definitions include: extremely fast.
fatter than a tick on a coon dog	Definitions include: filled almost to bursting.
finer than frog fur	Definitions include: doing well.
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