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1) A shortened term for the annual BurningMan festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. Those who attend are Burners.
2) any of various affiliated regional events around the country.
1) "is this your first Burn, or have you been out here before?"
2) "are you going to Flipside next year?"
"what's Flipside?"
"it's the big Texas Burn on memorial day weekend, near Austin."
burn by carjack September 22, 2005
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A diss seen or overheard by a third party, who, points it out, as a point of insult to the second party or for laughter amongst the first and third party.
The class is reviewing the book tom sawyer, and discussing what tom must have felt like when he was rejected by a girl.

Male Teacher: you've never been rejected?
long haired Boy: no.
Male Teacher: that's good, that's good. my question is, who had better hair?
class: ooh! BURN! (laughter)
long haired boy: Hey at least i have a girl!
class: ooh! BURN! (more laughter)
Class, teacher, boy: Silence.
teacher: ouch, that, hurt.
class: (small continuous giggles)
burn by starofelo April 22, 2007
"embarrass someone to make others laugh. You want to combine the elements of humiliation and surprise."
-topher grace, "that 70s show"
Ooooh! He just pantsed you in front of your girlfriend! Burn!
Burn by ALxzzzfoshizzle February 12, 2009
To dis', rip or insult someone. The passed tense is 'burnt'.
"When he gets back we'll burn him about the high heels we found in his closet."
"Man you just got burnt!"
Burn by Diego July 30, 2003
To burn someone off is to dump them, cease involvement with or do something to belittle them. You can either 'burn someone off' or 'get burnt' if they do it to you. The person who gets burnt will often have a feeling of rejection
Mike: "Hey are you still going out with that girl?"
Bill: "Nar, I decided to burn her off"

Henry: "Hey you guys wanna go to that party tonight?"
Dave: "Nar, it wont be any good"
Stu: "Haha, Henry you just got burnt"
Burn by Gav800 September 22, 2005
To accept that a relationship is over despite you're still hanging on.
example:

Damn, I love his ass. Guess I shouldn't have cheated. Oh wel... gotta let it burn.
burn by Jae Spence September 22, 2005