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https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/burner-phone https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/burner-phone "The writers of The Wire did not invent t
by dllthomas 7y ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/burner-phone https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/burner-phone
"The writers of The Wire did not invent this term. Evidence of its use can be found at least as far back as 1996, when the rapper Kingpin Skinny Pimp used it on the song One Life 2 Live: “Talkin’ on the burner phone, bumpin’ hutch.”"
- barrkel 7y agoHappy to be corrected. Nas used it (unqualified with 'phone') with the meaning gun in Ether, but that's only 2001.