Lyrics from "summer" songs
We went bowling in the arcade. We went strolling, drank lemonade.
We made out under the dock. We stayed up 'til ten o'clock.
Summer Nights
(Grease)
Heliophile
Attracted to the sun, loves the sun
Flip this phrase, which means "the other way around."
Vice versa
A classic car that's been modified with a speed boost
Hot rod
A rich girl lets a poor boy freeze to death.
Titanic
I'm feeling electric tonight, cruisin' down the coast, goin' bout 99.
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side. I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight.
Summertime Sadness
(Lana Del Rey)
Petrichor
The earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.
Meaning "elsewhere," this phrase tells the cops how you were busy and innocent, when a crime was committed.
Alibi
As the saying goes, nothing sells faster than these
Hot cakes
An all-male friend group spends 9 hours trying to return jewelry.
The Lord of the Rings
Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach.
I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.
Empty lake, empty streets. The sun goes down alone.
Boys of Summer
(Don Henley)
Hygge
The feeling of coziness and contentment evoked by simple comforts, as being wrapped in a blanket, having good conversations, summer sun, etc.
This sentence-ender meaning "and the rest" leaves an entire list unsaid.
When you're feeling angry, and also wearing a formal men's shirt
Hot under the collar
A stranded scientist grows potatoes.
The Martian
Standing on your mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever.
Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never.
Summer of '69
(Bryan Adams)
Zephyr
A breeze from the west; a gentle breeze
This famous legal rule means: "You shall have the person or body" in a courtroom, and is meant to protect against illegal imprisonment.
Habeus corpus
Intentinoally filling up a confined space with smoke is the name of this activity.
Hotboxing
After a job interview gone wrong, a young woman steals her dad's stuff and joins the army.
Mulan
Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning, I sit around.
Trying to smile but the air is so heavy and dry.
Cruel Summer
(Bananarama)
Sabulous
Something that is sandy or gritty.
"This beach is saaaabulous!"
Say this when you want to apologize and admit "the fault was mine."
Mea culpa
This phrase describes someone who can't sit still, and is also the title of a play by Tennessee Williams
Cat on a hot tin roof
A teenage girl survives a natural disaster, steals some footwear, and accidentally kills an old woman.
The Wizard of Oz