Associations to the word «Burnout»

Wiktionary

BURNOUT, noun. Using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
BURNOUT, noun. (US) (slang) A marijuana addict; one whose brains have been burned out.
BURNOUT, noun. (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope