burn artist

burn artist

n. someone who cheats or harms someone else; an informer. (Underworld.) Never trust a known burn artist.
See also: artist, burn
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bullshitter
  • off artist
  • label mate
  • hype artist
  • castor oil artist
  • makeout artist
  • make-out artist
  • booze artist
  • design for
References in periodicals archive
Almost any substance which resembles the white crystal is used to cut street speed, although sometimes a "burn artist" or one who sells a substance like Accent for speed, may be more vicious.
Fearing the "burn artist," many speeders will use only amphetamines which they think are commercially manufactured.
In some instances the "burn artist" will be injected with his own product in large doses, particularly if his customers have suffered adverse effects from his "burn speed."
The snitch, dime dropper, burn artist, rip off and others are just some of the hazards with which the speed freak must contend if he is to survive in this scene, for the typical speed freak soon finds that he is unable to control the paranoia which inevitably overtakes him.