Music Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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cut heads v. I’d still like to have seen him cut heads with Vai or Van Halen. [English Music] [full cite] (Jan. 26, 2005)

cut heads v. We’d have jam sessions, “head-cutting” sessions.…The first thing the drummer said was he was there to “cut heads” on drums. Jesse Price, he was nowhere to be found. He was a “head cutter” around at the time. So, I was down there, and we went in a litle place down there, and everybody said, “Come on. Play. Come on. Play.” I wouldn’t play until after he got drunk. After he got drunk, then I’d cut his head. [English Music] [full cite] (Jan. 26, 2005)

cut heads v. [T-Bone Walker] came down to Second Street, where Charlie Christian and everybody hung out. He and Charlie used to cut heads. The guy that taught Charlie everything on guitar was Chuck Richardson. [English Music] [full cite] (Jan. 26, 2005)

death country n. Their sound falls under the same obscure alt-country genre as Elliott Brood, who may have coined the term “death country.” It’s real cowboy music, with lots of mournful harmonica and wallowing in your beer. [English Music] [full cite] (Feb. 24, 2006)

decknician n. Few promos for national stars like Sandra Collins or DJ Rap miss a chance to riff on their sex appeal or rareness as globetrotting decknicians. [English Music] [full cite] (Mar. 24, 2005)

didge n. Phil Jones, the workshop leader and didgeridude, welcomed me with a warm invitation to choose a “didge” (as they are called by the initiated) and join the group. [English Music] [full cite] (Aug. 3, 2005)

diming n. Big fans of bluesy guitar tone derived from volume-maxed Fender Amps (a process called “diming’”cos the volume goes up to 10) would be wise to look elsewhere. [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2006)

dirt-hustle v. He used to press up his own CDs and hand them out for free, just to get a buzz going. The practice of “dirt-hustlin,” as it’s called, is a time-honored tradition in the Bay Area music industry. With no major-label infrastructure to support the hundreds of independent rap artists trying to make a name for themselves, rappers, DJs, promoters, and producers have had to be creative, engineering DIY schemes and networking with other like-minded individuals. [English Hip-Hop Music Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 27, 2006)

dirty dirty n. OutKast are so weird I gave up on getting a handle on Aquemini, which is when it started bubbling in my brain. I love how they represent the dirty-dirty with more juice than Zeus, rocking the ill mbira and letting Erykah Badu shake that load off with trunkloads of booty-club bass. [English United States Southern Music Nickname] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2004)

dirty dirty n. Loud Records will be releasing Hypnotize Minds Presents…The Dirty Dirty Volume 1 January 15, 2002, a compilation of some of the South’s hottest records. [English United States Southern Music Nickname] [full cite] (Oct. 12, 2004)

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