dB race
v. phr.— «We arrive in the lot of the Autoland Superstore in Niagara Falls yesterday afternoon, for a contest to see who has the loudest car stereo.…The dB race competitions are held all over the world, the international record in the “extreme” category—cars that are so laden with noise insulation, slabs of concrete and reinforced Plexiglas that make them impossible to actually drive on the road—is 179.6 decibels, set by an American last year.…Real decibel racers don’t roll down the windows at all.» —“This race is about volume” in Niagara Falls Guelph Mercury (Ontario) July 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The Texas Folklore Society’s book The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore, 1916-1954 (Bookshop|Amazon) offers some wonderful browsing, including this saying to describe an environment that’s too loud: You can’t hear your ears in this place! This is part...
A pobblebonk is an Australian bullfrog that doesn’t croak so much as make a kind of plonking sound. For this reason, it’s also called a banjo frog — and it really does sound like a banjo! This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...