English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From slang burn (“insult”) + book; first used in the 2004 film Mean Girls.
Pronunciation[edit]
burn book (plural burn books)
- (slang) A book for writing unpleasant information about others.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Aaron Peckham, Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined,[1] Andrews McMeel Publishing (2005), →ISBN, page 63.
- Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens are Really Doing Online,[2] Macmillan (2006), →ISBN, page 89.