Star-Spangled Banner

(1) ' The national anthem of the United States, based on the poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, who witnessed the British Royal Navy's Chesapeake Bay bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The poem -- set to the tune of a popular British song, and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner" -- soon became a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. ' -- Wikipedia

(2) According to Kurt Vonnegut, the American national anthem is "pure balderdash", "gibberish sprinkled with question marks". (Which still doesn't prevent me from waxing sentimental over "Old Spangles", but then again I remain fond of ""Waltzing Matilda" -- once called "the unofficial national anthem of Australia" -- the jolly swagman's song now axed by the newly prim-and-proper Ozzies). -- Dinkum

EXAMPLE:

' Trout and Hoover were citizens of the United States of America, a country which was called America for short. This was their national anthem, which was pure balderdash, like so much they were expected to take seriously:

' "O, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's

last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars,

thru the perilous fight

O'er the ramparts we watched were so

gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs

bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our

flag was still there.

O, say does that star-spangled banner

yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home

of the brave?"

' There were one quadrillion nations in the Universe, but the nation Dwayne Hoover and Kilgore Trout belonged to was the only one with a national anthem which was gibberish sprinkled with question marks. '

-- From Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 novel "Breakfast of Champions" -- Chapter 1 (pages 7 - 8).

by Dinkum August 20, 2013

bananaram

too jam a banana up someones anal cavity

i was pissed at sam so i bananarammed her and she screamed in pain.

by Blue pickle August 28, 2007

bananary

To have the qualities of banana. The taste and smell of banana.

The beer has a bananary taste to it

by Dr.Rosenscrotum August 9, 2010

bananarama

when you slide a banana up your girls ass and begin to peel and ingest it

Friend 1: yo I just bananarama’d my girl last night

Friend 2: why am I at this funeral

by big chonker March 1, 2020

banner

Also beaner (also pronounced "banner")
Irish female police officer. Derived from bean-garda (Irish for WPC). Not a derogatory term.

- Look at the height of that banner. She's too short to be any use in a pub fight.
- Yeah, but she's alright (meaning cute).

by SWYman June 14, 2011

star spangled banner

*.name of the United States of America National Anthem .
*.The most heard National anthem in the Summer olimpics .
*.One of the best national anthems , including the russian and the french anthems .

Star spangled banner =USA national Anthem
Oh say can you see.....
>on the land of the freeeeeeeee, and the home of theeee
braaaveeeeeeee
best heard with whitney houston , frank sinatra , marvin gaye or jesse maguire

by Jose gonzales May 2, 2006

too bananery

a hate crime. when your worst nightmares come true and meals are ruined :(

my baked oats came out too bananery, it does not taste great.

by sam vincent bhasin October 14, 2021