A fork of Rural Dictionary
to stay up all night doing work. often homework.
i burned midnight oil last night but slept in coz i was too tired
To stay up all night working. Apparently some drop the "the", though this must be rare.
Man Bob, you must have really burned the midnight oil on this one!
To do hard drugs(cocaine, heroin meth, etc)
Dustin burning the midnight oil.
To stay up smoking the marijuana rather than sleeping. Usually followed by an attack of the munchies, resulting in a loss of snack food.
"I'm sorry i fell asleep in your class, Professor, but I was up all night burning the green midnight oil."
Make coffee to stay awake
Boil some water, I'll be burning the midnight oil and I take my coffee black.