Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.
HFBoards has an incredibly toxic community, but it also has some pretty great parts as well (there's some very in-depth discussion on occasion, as well as some humorous threads). Still, the community (and awful moderators) makes me not want to stick around for the great bits.
Hydrofluoric (HF) acid, one of the strongest inorganic acids, is used mainly for industrial purposes (eg, glass etching, metal cleaning, electronics manufacturing). Hydrofluoric acid also may be found in home rust removers. Exposure usually is unintentional and often is due to inadequate use of protective measures.