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To express distaste at something, to be displeased.

Origin: Simpsons
"Sorry, I'm busy during our free period."
"Booerns."
booerns by Kyle The Great October 25, 2004
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Similar to "boo," only not quite the same.
Mr. Burns: Smithers, are they boo-ing me?
Smithers: Uh...no. They're saying boo-URNS, boo-URNS
Mrs. Burns: (To the crowd) Excuse me, are you saying BOO or BOOURNS?
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Hans Moleman: (to himself) I was saying boourns.
boourns by Rex A. Main August 3, 2003

Boooerns 

Mr. Burns: Smithers, are they boo-ing me?
Smithers: Uh...no. They're saying boooerns , boooerns
Mrs. Burns: (To the crowd) Excuse me, are you saying BOO or BOOOERNS?
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Hans Moleman: (to himself) I was saying boooerns.
Boooerns to you Garret.
Boooerns by Moleman March 8, 2004
Similar in meaning to the more conventional "boo", but with more emphasis. For the avid Simpson viewer in particular.
It's snowing again?!? Boourns
boourns by JessicaF November 5, 2003
Boourns is not similar at all to boo, it is in fact the opposite of booing.

It comes from an episode of The Simpsons when Mr. Burns made a film for a film festival that no one in the audience liked, so they booed him. Burns, being surrounded by yes-men for his whole life was unfamiliar with being booed so Smithers told him they were chanting "boourns" rather than booing.

Mr. Burns stood up and asked the audience if they were booing or if they were chanting boourns. They responded by booing him, except for Hans Moleman who admitted to chanting "boourns" which leads one to the conclusion that Moleman liked the movie and was using the expression to show his enjoyment.
Idiot: "Dude, that movie sucked. Boourns!"
Other Guy: "You idiot, boourns is used for a good movie like Borat."
boourns by My Name August 19, 2007
An exclamation: to be displeased with a given result or situation.
"I hated that movie! Boourns!"
boourns by rewman June 1, 2006
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The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
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A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
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This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
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Person B: "Wow, EBK."
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