Shorts In July Discussion Board

John,

No set definition, but however it's used should make sense in the story. You're right, there are at least two possible uses. One is "hot" or "feverish" and relates to temperature. A second relates to extreme fervor, or enthusiasm. EIther is certainly fine. But a character could mis-use the word (malapropism), and that would be fine, too, or it could be something else altogether.

If you're interested, I also used this idea for the meeting of my local writing group at my home next week.. We're using it for a fun writing exercise. Here's the story I wrote: "Like a Hummingbird" . It's not exactly "inspired" by the song in question, althogh it's clearly related to the song....anyway, you get the idea. Loose connections are fine.

Max Griffin
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