Slang word of the day: Burner

Today's slang word of the day is Burner. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

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)

Slang word of the day: sit-down

Today's slang word of the day is sit-down. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

sit-down

noun

• a meeting.

  Tre: If you don't believe what I'm tellin' you, axe Jimmy's girl. She was at the sit-down.
  
  -- "Stone Dead", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2007)

  • See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: beer

Today's slang word of the day is beer. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

beer

• to give beer to.

  Dwight: Beer me, Jim.
  
  -- "Viewing Party", The Office (TV, 2010), Season 7 Episode 8

  • See more words with the same meaning: to drink alcohol.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: grasshopper

Today's slang word of the day is grasshopper. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

grasshopper

noun

• form of address for a young person.
  • See more words with the same meaning: young person.
• a novice.

  Captain Tidwell (to a police detective): Alright, grasshopper. But what about Lisa Robards?
  
  -- "Find Your Happy Place", Life (TV, 2008), Season 2 Episode 1

  • See more words with the same meaning: inexperienced.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: feel-goodery

Today's slang word of the day is feel-goodery. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

feel-goodery

noun

• a place that offers little of substance, instead focusing on making people feel good about themselves.

  Michael: Oh, great. That sounds like another one of those gradeless, structureless, new age feel-gooderies.
  
  -- "S.O.B.s", Arrested Development (TV, 2006), Season 3 Episode 9

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: harsh (one's) mellow

Today's slang word of the day is harsh (one's) mellow. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

harsh (one's) mellow

• to reduce or destroy a person's good mood.

  Hank: Look, we don't want to harsh your mellow or whatever you guys say these days.
  
  -- "Missing Person", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 7

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)