UNEMOTIONAL
ADJECTIVES
► ICY emotionless → 1910s US sl.
► KOOK AND THE GANG unemotional and relaxed, calm, imperturbable; excellent, admirable, wonderful → 2003 Irish sl.
► TORPULENT torpid; disinclined to act, listless; lacking emotional sensibility → 1657 obs.
NOUNS
► HEART OF STONE an obdurate or unemotional nature
NOUNS – PERSON
► ICE an emotionless person; one who has no qualms about saying and doing whatever they want → 1990s African-American sl.
► ICEBERG a cold, unemotional person → 1840
► ICEBOX an unemotional person, esp. a sexually unresponsive woman → L19 US sl.
► ICE MAIDEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman → 1950s sl.
► ICEMAN an emotionless person → 1940s sl.
► ICE QUEEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman → 1980s sl.
► ZOMBI ► ZOMBIE an extremely dense and stupid person; a boorish or unemotional person → 1958 sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► DIDN’T BAT AN EYELID showed no emotion; gave no perceptible reaction → 1883
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