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sick burn en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (slang) A particularly cutting insult.
    • “Might I say a word or two?” “Yes, absolutely, Baron. Please vacate the microphone for the baron. Please welcome a man who knows quite a lot about... sick burns.” [rim shots, laughter] “Baron Afanas.” 2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (8:14 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):

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