What the hell does it mean?
Well its funny that you mentioned the word 'Hell' in your question!
Phlogiston is the invisible, imaginary chemical that was believed to be released when something was burning and there's plenty of burnings going on in the underworld!
History/ Origin?
Well back in 1700s (good times!), before oxygen was discovered and television existed, some nut case suffering from severe boredom set out to name the cause of combustion and hence the word 'Phlogiston' was born. Simple words like 'grass', ' 'sky' and 'cloud' were born from similar situations.
Examples of everyday use in conversation:
(sitting by the bonfire at Halloween)- "wow, I'm not even drunk but can any of you guys see the Phlogiston in the air?".
STILL CONFUSED? Then check out the dude in the video below.
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