gnarz
n.— «TSE: What is “gnarz?” MH: It basically is what it is. A record ends in an endless loop. Then the needle goes (he makes a noise replicating the sound). That’s what I call “gnarz.” And when I first tried to give the sound a name, I said it was “gnarz.”» —“On electronic edge with T. Raumschmiere” by Jean Johnson in Wayne State University The South End (Detroit, Mich.) Sept. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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