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BURNY, adj., interj. Hot, often used as a warning to a child (Sh., Ags., Fif., Edb Gsw, Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s).Gsw. 1988 Michael Munro The Patter Another Blast 11:
burny Very hot to the touch or taste: "Mind that iron, son, burny, burny!" "Can Ah get anither wan a yer sweeties, wan a the burny wans?"wm.Sc. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar 3:
I put in a splash of the bubblebath and filled the tub. The water was too burny so I put in cold.Sc. 2000 Herald 6 Jul 19:
The traditional panang curry with chicken and coconut milk (£9.50) was deceptively burny (we do torture our tongues at times), so it's obviously wise to take notice of the chilli counter at each entry.Sc. 2000 Daily Record 14 Oct 15:
They're just characters who live in a wee box in your living room. That's right — the one next to the big burny thing you send your letters to Santa up.Sc. 2003 Daily Record 22 Mar 3:
We're like kids who are repeatedly told not to go near the fire because it's burny burny, but back we go time and time again, hands outstretched towards the flame.Sc. 2003 Observer 9 Nov 42:
As a child I was given sips of whisky at Hogmanay and, of course, thought it was horribly nasty burny stuff and wondered why anyone would drink it in preference to something nice like lemonade and Irn-Bru.Edb. 2003:
Watch oot, burnie!