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A Burner Lexicon: Ranger
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Ranger, –noun, Friendly folks in khaki who keep you safe. The original group, the Black Rock Rangers, were created at That Thing in the Desert in…
A Burner Lexicon: MOOP
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Matter Out of Place ( MOOP), –noun, Burning Man events are Leave No Trace events, and this is taken very seriously. Even though the events…
A Burner Lexicon: Darkwad
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Darkwad, –noun, A Darkwad is a person without lights travelling on the playa at night. Being lit at night is not just fashionable, it’s also…
A Burner Lexicon: The Old Days
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Old Days, The –noun, Back in the good old days of Burning Man, you could drive mutant vehicles as fast as you wanted while shooting…
A Burner Lexicon
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Burner, –Noun, A Burner is someone who is part of the Burning Man subculture. Originally this meant someone who had attended That Thing in the Desert, the original Burn now held in the Black Rock Desert. However, as attendees returned to their homes in other parts of the world they began to create Regional Burns. Nowadays, most anyone who has attended one of these events based on some version of the Burner Principles, and where an effigy is ritually built and destroyed, is considered a Burner.