ring-back tone n.— «In Asia, where sales of music to mobile phones outpace CD sales in some places, labels may offer more than 400 different items in connection with a specific album, including ring-back tones—snippets of music that play to callers...
bumper n.— «The Konzertstuck for four horns, which will preface the BBC SSO’s performance of Manfred, also looks like being allowed to speak for itself. When, some years ago, the work was presented by another Scottish orchestra, the audience must...
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.» —“Sometimes Moore is less” Edmonton Sun (Alberta, Canada) July 2, 2006...
blurple adj.— «Ive heard the term blurple to describe the particular color of skin for africans such as himself. i think his skin tone is beautiful. i love the blurple. its richer than all other skin tones.» —“ode to hanging parts” by hink The...
five nines n.— «My phone line has been out—completely out, no dial tone—for 2 days since I discovered and reported the outage. If “five nines” were a guarantee, that is, if it had any reality to it at all, I could expect 100,000 days, or 274 years...
ditch in line v.— «Students will not “ditch” in line, and will use a conversational tone in communication with other students and cafeteria employees.» —“Perrysburg High School Student Handbook” Perrysburg High School (Ohio) Sept. 1, 2004. (source:...
