Lukewarmer

Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account.

Instead of the usual homogeneity, one discerns a variety of attitudes ranging from warm official friendship and unlimited support (Bulgaria and the GDR) to somewhat lukewarmer relations on a less formal level (Poland and Hungary).

The Japanese tea-party (cha-no-yu) is stiffness, ceremony, scant provisions. Japanese tea is made with lukewarm water, the lukewarmer the water the better the tea.

Tim took a swig of flat ginger ale and stood under the shower (dialled to cold, then gradually lukewarmer) before putting on shorts and a sleeveless tee-shirt.

Lukewarmers such as me accept that global warming is real, but not that it's entirely man-made or that it's dangerous.

Blogs that can be regarded as in the “lukewarmer” camp.

Indeed, a new breed of “lukewarmers” have accepted that there is some warming, but claim that it is too small to worry about.