What is Burke?
1.
Old cockney-English word meaning cunt. A profanity referring to the boxal region of a lady.
"guvna, i had a right funny time tryin' to get up them there stairs"
"shut up you fucking burke"
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2.
The literal definition of this word is "to suffocate a person by means which leave no evidence, such as visual bruises and marks." i.e. to suffocate with a pillow or other soft object.
Trevor: "Have you seen Billy?"
Octavia: "No, I haven't. Do you think he's been burked?"
Muffled voice under a pillow: "Trevor, can you assist me in escaping?"
Trevor: "I don't know, did I just hear Billy under that pillow?"
Octavia: *sits on pillow* "No, thtat was just the air conditioning kicking on."
3.
To brazenly refuse a simple request for help, assistance, etc.
To decisively deny or shut someone down.
Friend #1: Can you give me a ride home since you're headed in that direction?
Friend #2: Sorry, I don't think so.
Friend #1: Why not? it's literally right on the way!
Friend #2: I just can't.
Friend #1: Man, you dick! Way to burke me!
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4.
Burke: v. To suffocate someone using a soft object that will leave little to no trace evidence (i.e. a pillow, your hands, etc). Taken from a historical crime file in which a man surnamed Burke, who ran an inn, found one of his patrons dead in thier room. He took the body to a coroner's office for identification where they paid him a large sum of money for the cadaver, mistaking him for a grave robber. Then he realized he could get money for any body he delivered, and he began suffocating his tenants with their pillows and selling them to the coroner's office for medical experimentation.
Mary Sue: "I don't want to stay at that inn, it looks like a place you could get burked any moment."
Matt the innkeeper (holding a pillow inconspicuously behind his back): "Don't worry, come in and I'll get you all settled in..."
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5.
This is a very common and popularized word which comes from the root: beurk.
This phrase is commonly used to replace any insult and is only looked upon in bad context.
It is a word that should only be used if need be, frankly its just not a nice thing to say.
The term can also be altered depending on the situation , such as :
Im going to burke you!
what a f*ckin Burke
Stop Burking like that.
Dont be a burke.
F*ck you, Burke.
You are Burking all over the place...its disgusting.
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6.
1. noun: A coniving person consumed with self-interest and completely lacking in morality or any other redeeming qualities, exemplified by an abuse of power or act of subversion.
2. verb: to act in a manner reminiscent of the character "Carter Burke" played by Paul Reiser in the classic sci-fi action movie "Aliens" released in 1986. Also "berked"
synonyms: snake, waste of space, piece of shit, spineless, sub-human, parasite.
My boss is such a burke; he's taking all the credit for my idea and threatening to transfer me if I breathe a word of it!
That little punk burked us out to the feds for a lighter sentence!
7.
The last little bit of anything that is left after the rest was taken. It is left out of fear that someone knowing you took the last one.
There was a burke left on the plate in the living room. That one stuffed mushroom sat there for like 3 hours 'cause no one wanted to take the burke.
I left a burke of half and half for meg. It was less than a teaspoon. She is gonna kill me.
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