Meanings
plural sick burns
- slangA 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)1 more example
No, I didn't agree to make fish paste or meat soup. You just ordered me to. / You are so unhelpful. Now I see why Roald Amundsen had to wait until his mother died before he went to Antarctica. / I mean, that was a sick burn.
2021, Nicole Betz, “Dead Dreams” (21:37 from the start), in Atypical, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Elsa, Sam, and Casey (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, and Jack Haven), via Netflix
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