You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 21.

Poet’s Day

Today’s word is hairy, spelled h-a-i-r-y.

hairy /ˈheəri $ ˈheri/ adjective

1 having a lot of hair, especially on parts of the body other than the head

2 informal dangerous or frightening, often in a way that is exciting

It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff.

I like going on the back of Pedro's motorbike, though it can get a bit hairy.

The roads were really icy, and it was definitely a hairy situation even going slow.

The taxi ride got a little hairy.

When the deadline approaches, things can get a little hairy.

Oh, there's also a fearsome, murderous creature on the loose, and things get really hairy when a group of folks hunker down in the local inn with a killer amongst them.

— Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021

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