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

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gnog n. After scoring in the second, senior midfielder Mike Desantis played air guitar—a “gnog” solo, as he called it. [English Music New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2006)

golden ear n. He’s a recording engineer out of Memphis that very likely has what audiophiles refer to as golden ears. He can hear things that you and I cannot (or maybe we can, but we’d need special training). [English Body Music] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2006)

grime n. Grime is, however, seriously rowdy, rave-reared party music and has already yielded some of the freshest and most exciting young MCs to be heard in years, making it the perfect antidote to North American hip hop’s continued creative stagnation. [English Music] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2005)

grindie n. Fast forward to 2007 and a new brand of grindie has slowly begun to emerge. Bands and artists who are genuinely influenced by both genres are giving birth to an energetic hybrid of grime and punk and the indie kids are eating it up. [English Music] [full cite] (Mar. 29, 2007)

guirla n. Las letras, herederas del rap puertorriqueño pero en español, hablan de sexo, violencia, respeto, “guirlas”—mujeres—, drogas y “socios,” todo ello aderezado con una jerga rapera. [English Spanish Music] [full cite] (May. 1, 2005)

guitar pull n. There’s a scene in Heartworn Highways, the late Jim Szalapski’s 1975 documentary on singer/songwriters, that takes place around Guy Clark’s kitchen table on Christmas Eve. It’s a “guitar pull”—a term used to describe an informal get-together of songwriters to test new material on each other, play each others’ songs and party. [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 25, 2007)

guitjo n. My description of Wind Machine music is sort of a jazzy/yet folk type of New Age.…They also use an instrument which they claim to have invented, called the Guitjo. According to the liner notes, a guitjo is a 6, 7, or 8 string guitar with the normal “bass” strings replaced with treble strings. This gives a lighter, bright sounding quality to their music. [English Music] [full cite] (Apr. 23, 2005)

hadji n. Learn to type correctly Hadji—we will conduct the war on OUR terms not yours. You are obviously one of the terrorists. [Iraq United States Music Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2004)

hard ticket n. Most country artists, even many of the ones who score big radio hits, perform on what is known as the “soft ticket” market, meaning venues such as casinos and fairs, where crowds will gather regardless of the act and where performers can make decent guaranteed money without having to count on people paying for a ticket that allows entrance into a concert and nothing else. Someone who pays $60 to see a concert at a stadium, amphitheatre or arena has purchased a “hard ticket.” [English Entertainment Music Jargon] [full cite] (May. 22, 2006)

headnodic adj. Rareities, new beats, forgotten nuggets, and genre surfing through a sumptous jambalaya of soulful organica and electronica, spiced with ragga and rugged headnodic chunes. [English Music] [full cite] (Sep. 8, 2006)

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