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burn and turn 

A management practice that uses middle managers as scapegoats to perpetuate existing conditions. In situations where senior management and workers are invested in retaining current practices and customs a middle manager will be tasked to "Cean things up". However, the manager will meet passive aggression and mobbing from both superiors and subordinates that socially isolates and frustrates all but the most basic changes. After the middle manager is "Burned Out" and frustrated after a period of time, the manager will either quit or be fired for ineffectivness. In this way the status quo is maintained and blame can be assinged to the middle manager for failure. A new middle manager will be hired and the cycle will repeat itself. This is the turning phase
"Don't go to work at that hospital-not even Jesus himself could fix that place. It's strictly burn and turn".
burn and turn by psychdoc March 11, 2010

Burn N Turn 

To "burnout" in a car while turning a corner. Making your tires screech and smoke while turning around a corner
Smokey:"We need to follow that guy bandit"

Bandit:"Hes turnig the corner, I'll get him"

Smokey:"Burn n turn"
Burn N Turn by Dick 33 January 14, 2009

Burn and Turn 

*Opposite(ish) of "Wake and Bake"

Burn and Turn: Where one engages in illicit substances (Burning) before Turning in for the night, aka passing the fuck out.
Guy 1: "Man, do you have any weed I can grab? I need to do a serious Burn and Turn"
Guy 2: "Oh yeah, man I know, I burn and turn every night"
Burn and Turn by Momomee April 15, 2010

Burn and turn 

To start again. As in, you burn your past and turn over a new leaf.
I need to get out of here, time to burn and turn.
Burn and turn by Driver4567 December 7, 2020

Burn and Turn 

Aussie slang for smoking meth amphetamines
Went round to Davo's for a burn and turn last Sunday holy shit yep nah shes sweet.
Burn and Turn by Stallions Mcgee August 2, 2021

turn and burn 

This is military fighter pilots' jargon. When the last missile is fired or when the ordinance has been dropped on target, it is then time to quickly get out of the area-of-operations. The pilot turns his plane towards base and shifts into after-burner. This has since been adopted by the civilian community to mean when a decision has been made, especially if it was a poor decision, you forget about it and press on with the next phase of the mission.
Man, flak was hairy out there so as soon as I dropped my load, it was turn and burn time let me tell you.

I had three on my ass. I braked, banked and ended up on the tail of one. I pulled the trigger and his wing just exploded. I lined up another, got tone and fired a sidewinder up his exhaust and he was gone! The third one ran for home so just befor turn and burn, I fired another missile in his direction."
turn and burn by Grey Swordsman March 21, 2009
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
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Plate of Brown 

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Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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