Results for “burn”

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Burnout
noun

Total physical and mental exhaustion from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#mental-health#money#internet
burner
noun

A throwaway account for shitposting, lurking, or stirring drama without blowback.

#discord#social-media#accounts#anonymity
burn it
verb

Cook it well-done.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#steak
burn the ice
phrase

Pour hot water into the ice well to melt it down for cleaning.

#kitchen#bar#restaurant#closeout
Burn rate
noun

How fast a startup is torching its cash.

#finance#startups#vc#founders
Burnt Out
adjective

Mentally and physically drained from prolonged stress, usually work.

#gen-z#american#texting
Burn Rubber
verb

To accelerate hard, spinning the tires — or to leave somewhere fast.

#1950s#greaser#rockabilly#vintage
slow burn
noun phrase

A romance that takes its sweet time getting going.

#booktok#fanfic#tropes#romance
turn and burn
phrase

Clear, reset, and reseat a table at full speed.

#kitchen#foh#restaurant#service
red buff
noun

Burn-and-slow buff from the Red Brambleback jungle camp.

#league of legends#moba#jungle#buffs
horny on main
phrase

Posting thirsty content from your real, public account instead of the burner.

#twitter#horny#alt-account#gen-z
this is fine
phrase

Smiling-dog-in-a-burning-room catchphrase for pretending everything's okay when it absolutely isn't.

#webcomic#reaction#denial#2010s
I eat crayons
phrase

WSB self-burn: 'I have no idea what I'm doing.'

#wallstreetbets#reddit#meme#disclaimer
dinger
noun

A car — often a stolen or burner one.

#mle#london#british#crime
prison napalm
noun

Boiling water mixed with sugar, thrown to stick and burn.

#prison#us-prison#violence#weapon
hot behind
interjection

Behind you with something that will burn you — move.

#kitchen#boh#safety#line
tournant
noun

Swing cook — roams between stations wherever it's burning.

#kitchen#brigade#french#fine-dining
rollover
noun

Flame rolling across the ceiling as unburnt fire gases ignite overhead.

#firefighter#fire service#fire behavior#technical
overhaul
noun

Tearing the burnt building apart to find hidden hot spots once the main fire is out.

#firefighter#fire service#fireground#technical
smoke diving
phrase

Crawling deep into a burning building on air to find the fire — or the victim.

#firefighter#fire service#interior attack#scba
into the black
phrase

Run back into the already-burned ground — it can't burn you twice.

#wildland#firefighter#safety#survival
Carry A Torch
phrase

To pine for someone who doesn't love you back, your flame still burning alone.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage
Bun
verb

To burn, smoke, or to disregard/dismiss something or someone.

#uk#mle#british#gen-z