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Key Change 

A key change is when you change the key of a song (often at the last chorus of the song).

E.g. F# major to G# major is a key change.
So what's your favorite part of the song, Jim?
Oh, I love the key change at the last chorus. It gives you those chills.
Key Change by barkingmerc May 6, 2018

Key Change 

An emotional crescendo in a situation. The point at which everything seems to kick off.
Angry Guy: Whadaya mean you've been seeing someone else!
Casual Observer Guy: Oh shit, here comes the Key Change.
Key Change by Jackelrayn June 27, 2006

Barry Manilow Key Change 

Multiple key changes in any sappy song used for dramatics and to manipulate emotions - an art especially exploited by Barry Manilow.
My choir director shouted out to us while we were singing, "Get ready for the Barry Manilow key change!"
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
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
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