Coldness

According to Science there is no such thing as coldness. Cold is just the absent of heat. Coldness then is a made up term to describe something that is non-existent. This is a weird thing to think about. So when you are out on a Saturday in the middle of a snow/wind/rain/sleet storm doing some task that has to be done (such as officiating a soccer game) and we are just about to die of being frozen into an ice cube we can think about this and it might just generate enough brain power to keep us alive. Now a semi-related topic...... Do we really catch a cold or do we loss a heat? If you have an answer to this question I would greatly enjoy your answer.