roast

(noun)

(Originally fraternal) a comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

Related Terms

Examples of roast in the following topics:

  • Other Speeches: Farewells, Toasts, and After-Dinner Remarks

    • Unless you're specifically giving remarks for a full on roast, you shouldn't overly embarrass your guest of honor.

  • Customer Relationship Management

    • In sourcing your coffee beans, you notice customer retention is low if they order a particular roast of coffee.
    • It may be worth discussing this with your supplier to either replace that particular roast, or identify what hasn't been working with the current batches.

  • Naming Familiar Inorganic Compounds

    • Medieval European alchemists prepared it by roasting "green vitriol" (iron (II) sulfate) in an iron retort.

  • Extractive Metallurgy

    • Pyrometallurgical processes that involve gases and solids are typified by roasting operations.

  • Sulfur Compounds

    • Upgrading these ores, usually by roasting, is costly and environmentally hazardous.

  • Occurrence of Metals

    • Sulfide ores are not reduced directly to the metal, but are roasted in air to convert them to oxides.

  • Prussia Under Frederick the Great

    • Disabled soldiers were employed to spy on citizens sniffing in search of illegally roasted coffee, much to the annoyance of general population.