Burnout

Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, usually coming immediately after an extended period of overwork. It is also used as an English slang term to mean exhaustion.

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Psychological - English

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Computer programmers are often prone to burnout. See death march for instance. However, research has shown that it is more likely to affect those in the care industries. Cordes and Doherty (1993), in their study of employees within this industry, found that workers who have frequent intense or emotionally charged interactions with others are more susceptible to burnout. Still, burnout can affect workers of any kind.

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Computer programmers - Death march - Care industries

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Students are also prone to burnout at the high school and college levels.

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Burnout is also English slang for a habitual user of drugs.

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English - Drug

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Burnout is also English slang for spinning the wheels on a car so that they smoke. As in "Do a burnout, mate!"

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Burnout is also a game series created by the UK games company Criterion Games, and involves the user to race through things like oncoming traffic, and recently (in Burnout Revenge) taking down the opposition (referred to as a takedown) and 'Traffic Checking' to gain points to boost their car in order to win the race and to win medals.

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Burnout - Criterion Games - Burnout Revenge

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