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Wasn't 'burner phone' used throughout The Wire, so must have been in print before 2008 (the show's last season).
by gravelc 8y ago
Wasn't 'burner phone' used throughout The Wire, so must have been in print before 2008 (the show's last season).
- walrus01 8y ago'burner' was known lingo in law enforcement as early as 1998.
- isostatic 8y agoFirst urban dictionary entry was 2006 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Burner%20phone https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Burner%20pho... In November 2006 a class action suit (http://www.lbtaxrefund.com/ http://www.lbtaxrefund.com/) referred to a "prepay or burner phone service" in the court filing.