burner date

When you go on a throw-away date to cleanse your palette after a situationship or relationship ends and you want to get back out into the dating pool. A burner date is someone you have no intention of having a relationship with, but just need to get back on the dating circuit. AKA dip your toe in the water or smell coffee beans while testing out perfumes at Perfumeria circa 2003 at the mall.

She went on a burner date from Bumble after Jason ghosted her six weeks in.