Speed variations in a turntable,phonograph, or cassette player that cause irritating flattening in pitch with sour notes (wow) and/or garbled notes with jerky sharpening in pitch (flutter). Often heard from poorly manufactured, old, or poorly-maintained audio equipment. In the ages when LPs and audio cassettes were the only audio media available, stereo/high-fidelity magazines often used to rate audio components with wow and flutter specifications ranking at the top of the list.
George, your turntable has some nasty wow and flutter. The music sounds sour. It looks like it needs a new belt around the platter.
by pentozali January 13, 2006
Yiddish neopropism for a Christian, from "yoyz", the word for a crucifix or Jesus, which comes in turn from the longer form "Yoshua", meaning Jesus or Joshua.
by pentozali March 21, 2008
Have a Vodka bin-Laden. It's on me!
by pentozali May 11, 2011
by pentozali June 30, 2006
The bane of musicians all over the world: a music stand that sinks by itself, caused by stripped threading inside the bore of the stand.
John, get yourself another music stand. This one's a sinker. The conductor'll keep on badmouthing you 'cause you'll wind up staring down at the music and not at him!
by pentozali September 26, 2013
Humorously, the civic duty imposed on we Americans every four to eight years by state or federal courts: jury duty. A boon for some people, a blasted nuisance to most of us.
by pentozali July 17, 2008
"Pigs in blankets"; cocktail franks. These often resemble the heads of insects, with the ends of the frankfurters poking out of each side of the wrap, resembling the eyes.
At the Chinese restaurant, my pu-pu platter tasted awful, so I stopped eating it and went for the bug eyes.
by pentozali January 23, 2012