scorchio

== English == === Etymology === scorch (as in scorcher, scorching) + pseudo-Romance suffix -io (see for example, Italian -io, Portuguese -io, Spanish -iego, or possibly Greek -ιος (-ios)). Coined for The Fast Show, a BBC comedy series, in the "Chanel 9 News" sketch: the TV news in a fictional Mediterranean country delivered in gibberish combining Romance and Greek-sounding words supposed to be the local language. The weather map was always very hot and sunny, described as "scorchio". === Pronunciation === === Adjective === scorchio (not comparable) (UK, Ireland, slang, humorous) scorching hot (originally and especially of weather) 2011 July 7, Nicholas Lezard, "Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn – review" (The Guardian: London): The climate of the British Isles will be probably the mildest in Europe, and therefore the most desirable, but in the south temperatures, especially in cities, will be scorchio, to use the technical term 2013 July 8, Manali's weather blog (ITV: London): It was a scorchio weekend and yesterday we saw the warmest day of the year so far, 29.7C recorded in Bournemouth, closer to home, 29.5C at Heathrow. (UK, Ireland, slang, humorous, by extension) Sizzling, exciting, cool; sexy, racy. 2015 July 24, Mike Urban Brixton Weekender – What’s on around Brixton, Fri 24th – Sun 26th July (BrixtonBuzz): The Mambista crew are hosting hip upbeat jazzsters, Alice in Grooveland, who will be dreaming up a set of originals from their debut album ‘Skyline,’ alongside a scorchio mix of jazz, funk and Latin tunes with latex-tight grooves, catchy riffs and punchy solos. === Anagrams === Rocchios