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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

barn-burning

English answer:

very exciting or intense

Added to glossary by Mehmet Hascan
Apr 30, 2008 15:20
16 yrs ago
English term

barn-burning

English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
It's from the film Stop Loss

Two boys from Brazos, best friends since they were kids, distinguished themselves by leading Brazos High football to a memorable, barn-burning division championship...
Responses
3 +5 very exciting or intense
3 the fans were so excited and riled up that they "burned barns"
Change log

May 1, 2008 08:39: Mehmet Hascan changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/8330">Virginija's</a> old entry - "barn-burning"" to ""very exciting or intense""

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+5
9 mins
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very exciting or intense

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-barnburner.html

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-04-30 15:34:16 GMT)
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It was a barn burning performance for UCO soccer as they swept Southwestern Okla. at home, 31-1, Sunday, Oct. 7.

http://media.www.thevistaonline.com/media/storage/paper962/n...
Peer comment(s):
agree Mark Berelekhis : Oh, it's a term now! I wonder if it became a term after some barns really were burned?
2 mins
I hope not :-). Thank you.
agree Dana Rinaldi
21 mins
Thank you.
agree Patricia Rosas : it's even in Merriam-Webster's dictionary!
45 mins
You're dead right. Thank you.
agree Patricia Townshend (X)
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales : Another ref: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=barn burner
6 hrs
Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much!"
8 mins

the fans were so excited and riled up that they "burned barns"

When sports teams win, some fans tend to riot and participate in acts of civil disturbance. This seems to be a reference to such a situation.
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