Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)A book for writing unpleasant information about others.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I'm going to burn all these books.

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  2. We burned the old books.

    ruМы сожгли старые книги.

    deWir haben die alten Bücher verbrannt.

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  3. Where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.

    ruТам, где жгут книги, рано или поздно начнут жечь людей.

    deWo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.

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  4. Where they burn books, they will also burn people.

    ruТам, где жгут книги, будут жечь и людей.

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  5. Where they burn books, they will in the end also burn people.

    ruТам, где жгут книги, будут жечь и людей.

    deWo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen.

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Origin

From burn (“an insult”) + book. First used in the film Mean Girls (2004).

From burn (“an insult”) + book. First used in the film Mean Girls (2004).

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Forms

plural: burn books
Singularburn book
Pluralburn books

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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