Talk:burn bread
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It looks like there may be one or more other idiomatic slang senses out there, but so far I've only found one halfway possible cite for this one. Of course, this one is hard to search for, so I'm not claiming to have exhausted the potential sources at all. Chuck Entz (talk) 02:25, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
- It seems to exist, apparently mostly used among African-Americans (not 100% sure it originated in that community, but almost all the uses I've found seem to be from Black authors). 98.170.164.88 02:39, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
I added a slightly different sense with three citations, and further senses might be attestable too. The challenged "wish or hope for misfortune" meaning might by supported by the following use: [1]. Note that most (if not all) uses seem to be followed by on, so the page should probably be moved to burn bread on. – Einstein2 (talk) 13:05, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
- Even if most uses are part of the larger phrase burn bread on, there are definitely some without on such as knocking on wood, so I don't burn bread, Aye quit trying to burn bread...., I hate to burn bread, but I got a feeling that somebody gon die 2nite. Similar to 98.170, it seems likely to be African American English so once we settle on what senses are attested I think the "slang" labels should be replaced with "African American English". —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 02:20, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
RFV Failed, @The Editor's Apprentice's sense (correction: was added by User:Einstein2) is the actual definition. Ioaxxere (talk) 18:23, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- For the record, the sense that is currently cited at the entry was added by @Einstein2, so I'd say their definition is the "actual" one. —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 22:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)