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The Needle Drop 

Self-described as the 'internet's busiest music nerd,' The Needle Drop (aka Anthony Fantano) is a music reviewer as well as 'public radio host, music enthusiast, internet fan, bass player, exercise addict, and vegan.'He usually reviews music of the independent persuasion, although he occasionally reviews major label bands as well.

His reviews can be found on his youtube channel, youtube.com/user/theneedledrop or his official website, theneedledrop.com
What?! The needle drop gave Panda Bear's Tomboy a 5/10?!
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The Needle Drop 

An insufferable megadork; the physical embodiment of the word "annoying".
Next time The Needle Drop's bespectacled muzzle shows up when I google an album title, I may projectile vomit at the screen.

drop the needle 

To play a vinyl record.
We dropped the needle and rocked out to Led Zeppelin.
drop the needle by Trout October 1, 2003
Word of the Day on January 22, 2005

drop the needle 

A heroin injection (usually taken in the anal cavity, if you're an eager beaver).
Hey guys, let's drop the needle and then fell asleep on the couch watching Captain Kangaroo.
drop the needle by Niklas_Dictionary December 28, 2005

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How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026
Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
Word of the Day on May 30, 2026