The academic study (predominately at higher education level) of the musical genre 'Crimping'. Crimping being the entirely vocal poduction of meaningless music as a duo, similiar to the artful Jazz movement of 'scatting' or 'be-bopp'. The contesting of ones talents in Crimping are often decided using the musically genric 'battle' format, where by competting members (minimum teams of two) attempt to out 'Crimp' each other. This is known as a 'Crimp off'.