# the colloquialism, "burn!"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colloquialism-burn/566759 "2011-01-07T17:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-colloquialism-burn/566759/21 "2011-01-10T11:20:24Z")

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All the rage in JHS, late 70’s suburban Chicago. Sometimes in the form of “what a burn” if you wished merely to note without gloating. Hadn’t heard it in decades until last year, from a twenty-something coworker who learned it on That Seventies Show.

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