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back burner 

1) Custom of placing pots not requiring immediate attention toward the rear of the stove 2) A condition of low priority or temporary deferment 3) Where one resides when they are hearing bs in hopes of maintaining the status quo of a "relationship" that serves to keep the fires lit for the IO part of the equation
It's so sad how Sal doesn't realize shes placed on the back burner. Hal has no intention of making her his one and only.
back burner by Shyantha January 1, 2007

on the back burner 

Postponed or deferred, as in a low-priority task.
It wasn't April 15th yet so I put the taxes on the back burner.

back burner 

When something is put aside for more important things.
We can't go on that vacation boo, we can't afford it. We'll just put it on the back burner for now.
back burner by Dialect of Mecca August 23, 2004

Back-burner Bitch

When a girl tries to make a guy continue liking her while she’s in a relationship so that if she breaks up with her significant other she can go straight to dating her Back-Burner Bitch. Usually the Back-Burner Bitch never ends up dating them, and is used only for attention.
The girl got mad when Daine stopped liking her after Daine realized she was immature and only using him as a Back-Burner Bitch.

Back Burner Bitch 

A bitch you keep around to talk to when your girlfriend is mad at you.
J :Yo are you still fucking with Larissa?
P: Nah she's just my back burner bitch.

Put on the back burner

What guys or girls do to people they're undecided about by stringing them along making occasional contact but not consistently acting interested.
I knew I was put on the back burner when he asked me out for the following weekend, then seemed confused when I called a few days later to confirm.