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quarterburnt

/ˈkwɔːtə ˈbɜːnt/adjectiveVerified New

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Also in: quartalsverbrannt (Deutsch) · trimestrequemado (Español) · trimestrebrûlé (Français)

Describing a team exhausted by a quarter-end push that consumed every reserve.

The quarterburnt team enters the new quarter with last quarter's fatigue and this quarter's targets. Their recovery is scheduled as a lunch. The burn is institutional, predictable, and treated as weather.

Etym. — quarter + burnt — scorched by the closing deadline.

Rel. — quarterchasing · burncarousel

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Coined by an anonymous contributor · AI-assisted · first submitted 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14

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