bomfire

The awesome web based utility powered by Octopart used to build a complete Bill of Materials (BOM) for all of your DIY needs.

I went to bomfire dot com and searched for some n-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors. Bomfire found me the lowest prices and built my entire BOM, faster than a DeLorean traveling back to the future and before I could even muster a "Great Scott!"

bomfire by rastahacka December 12, 2012

Broom in the bonfire 

An old saying used when things aren’t going your way, but you’re resigned to going with the flow.

“When I was younger and confronted with hardship, my grandpa used to tell me, he said, ‘Sometimes you’ve gotta put the broom in the bonfire.’ He was right.”

Broom in the bonfire by Miss M C Bliss February 6, 2021

piss on my bonfire 

British slang.

The art of putting a dampener on someones moment of glory/celebration.

Interchangeable with the phrase "You rained on my parade."

Person A: I got 3As in my exams! Awesome!
Person B: I got 7As.
Person A: Way to piss on my bonfire, bastard.

piss on my bonfire by Espiria June 15, 2006

Bonfire of the Vanities 

An old tradition of burning of any objects that are regarded as sinful or immoral, as if a bonfire fueled by the condemned objects would erase the social problems associated with them.
The most infamous of such bonfires took place on February 7, 1497. The extremist Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola organized a great public burning in Florence, a burning of what he saw as the frivolities of the Medici reign, and in particular that of Lorenzo de' Medici, whom Savonarola blamed for decadence and immorality (which the zealous priest defined as any art that did not portray Jesus or anything Biblical; nudity and paganism in contemporary art irked his one-track mindset).
While prostitutes were beaten and gay men were burned alive on his orders, Savonarola's campaign centered on the burning of books, paintings, sculptures, cosmetics, wigs, fancy clothing, mirrors, jewelry, masks, playing cards, scripts of secular songs, musical instruments, anything that Savonarola deemed extravagant.

A "bonfire of the vanities" can be as a metaphor to refer to the censorship or ban on "controversial" materials.

The Bonfire of the Vanities was the result of a moral panic provoked by an extremist monk who was horrified by the nudity and pagan/secular images that were appearing in art as well as the perceived extravagance of the Medici, the family who ruled Florence and who was leading this artistic Renaissance and who Savonarola blamed for the economic and social problems that were beginning to plague the city. Any art or literature that he deemed "immoral" had to go.

Eventually, Savonarola's campaign turned against him and he was executed, but his example of censorship is one to be remembered as that matter is discussed.

Bonfire of the Vanities by Lorelili August 1, 2011

colorado bonfire

When a bunch of people have a bonfire and dump hella weed in it then get high off the smoke

I got so fucked up at that Colorado Bonfire last night

colorado bonfire by high everyday May 30, 2016

Winnipeg Bonfire 

When you're sick as fuck but gotta hit the bars, so you chase shots of DayQuil with Whiskey (preferably Bourbon, but any type will do).

Bro, don't pussy out.

Nah man, I'm fucking sick as shit.

Hit a couple of Winnipeg Bonfires and you'll be straight.

Winnipeg Bonfire by cjharker42 January 4, 2018

Mr Bonfire 

Annual celebration of the Gun Powder Plot in Lewes created by M Symes of Worthing. AKA Mr Bonfire.

Fun-packed festival celebrating the Zulu tribes and the Conservative party.

I’m off Lewes to meet Mr Bonfire. Don’t be silly he lives in Worthing.

Mr Bonfire by Geoff Paddle November 19, 2021