Wikipedia: stumped; Google: Stumped. I've found the question that cannot be answered. Why is the Chinese burn so-callled? The nearest I've got is this evasive answer from the normally helpful AQA Ask Any Question text service:
A Chinese burn is so called because its perpetrators want it to sound scary and mysterious at the same time. In the US it is called an Indian burn.
Scary and mysterious? Surely that isn't the only reason it's called a Chinese burn. I questioned some more...
There is no record of the first use of 'Chinese burn' as it was mainly said, not written. The perpetrators were just children teasing each other.
Can anyone help?
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