Slang word of the day: Burner

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Burner

burner

noun

• a handgun.

  Lil' Earl brought his burner to Jason's party and threatened to shoot Will.

• a Burning Man attendee.

  Are you a Burner?

• a person who chronically smokes marijuana.
• a prepaid cellphone. Often used for crime such as drug dealing, because they are difficult to track.

  Detective Ryan: The SIM card from his cellphone is a burner.
  
  -- "Murder Most Fowl", Castle (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 8

  Charlie: I buy 'em all the time now, you know? You prepay for it, and then you buy it and you throw it away. There's a name for it.
  
  Mac: A burner?
  
  -- "Mac & Charlie: White Trash", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV), Season 6 Episode 5 (2010)

  Hit me on my burner / prepaid wireless
  
  -- "Paper Planes", Kala (album), M.I.A.

  Detective Seeger: Well, Ganz's phone is a burner, and so are most of the numbers he called.
  
  -- "To Love and Die in L.A.", Castle (TV), Season 3 Episode 22 (2011)

  • See more words with the same meaning: telephone, phone.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)