burrito test

noun

A test used to determine whether a given place is an institution: if a resident is not allowed to get up in the night as they please and microwave a burrito, it is an institution.

“I lived in a room and board that failed the burrito test.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. disability advocacyA test used to determine whether a given place is an institution: if a resident is not allowed to get up in the night as they please and microwave a burrito, it is an institution.

    I lived in a room and board that failed the burrito test.

    4 more examples

    I'm happy to say the room and board my therapist helped me find and I'm staying at DOES pass the burrito test.

    2016 September 10, The burrito test | Asperger's & Autism Community - Wrong Planet

    If the answer is no, then the setting is institutional, and a lot of group homes do not pass the burrito test. So, like you have people who ...

    2020 July 28, Advocating in Plain Language, with Sara Luterman - Different Brains

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    2021 March 17, fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton, “The "Burrito Test"”, in Reddit (forum), archived from the original on 22 Mar 2021

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    2021 April 8, independencechick, “A Burrito is Not A Crime Against Humanity”, in WordPress (blog), archived from the original on 09 Apr 2021
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APA

burrito test. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burrito%20test

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“burrito test.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burrito%20test. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burrito test,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burrito%20test.

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