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ig-loo (press) ‘ig lu - [ig-loo] –noun, plural -loos. 1. An Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow (with a press); 2. An Igloo in Tucson under pressure from the elements: considered ironic; 3. An unlikely scenario; 4. A method for staying warm; 5. A sexual innuendo; 6. A publishing house made of ice in a hot climate; a refreshing but unlikely place to retreat within a blue light under a burning blue sky; 7. A house likely to change from one state of matter into another, ie., melt then evaporate; 8. Not a penguin, not a random house; 9. A small ice-house press dedicated to the publication of short-run fiction and non-fiction efforts by first-time or emerging authors; 10. A publishing house that understands the odds, and is still dedicated to the fair contract. [Origin into English: 1855–60; < Inuit iglu house]
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