contralto

The lowest female singing voice. At their lowest, contraltos sometimes sound like Barry White. There are traditionally very few roles for contraltos in operas, though modern musical theatre has begun to include them. A common saying is that contraltos are only allowed to play "witches, bitches and britches," with "britches" referring to a trouser role.

Some famous contraltos are Cher, Fiona Apple, Patti LuPone and Marilyn Horne.
Some famous contralto roles in musical theatre are Katisha (The Mikado), Dalila (Samson et Dalila) and Charity (Sweet Charity).

by Pitti-Sing June 23, 2006

Second Great Contraction

The worldwide financial crisis of the late 2000s that started with widespread the American subprime mortgage defaults and led to the collapse of many overleveraged Wall Street firms such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. The resultant recession has been deep and both monetary and fiscal policy have taken unprecedented steps in order to curtail its negative impact in efforts to prevent the credit markets from freezing and to stimulate spending.

Everyone keeps comparing the Second Great Contraction to the Great Depression, but only time will tell how similar they truly are.

by berryfrusion June 14, 2009

contract

1. an arrangement to have someone murdered by a

professional criminal

2. any illegal or unethical arrangement

Those bastards have set up a contract and are targeting the Former Governor.

by The Return of Light Joker August 25, 2009

fixed-term contract

a fixed-term contract is any contract of employment that will terminate:
-on the expiry of a specific term;
-on the completion of a particular task;
-on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any other specific event other than the attainment of retiring age

This post will be offered as a fixed-term contract with an end date of 30 September 2005

by dEnIz March 14, 2005

Contract

(adj.) Term used to describe a sexual partner who sleeps with you without receiving something first i.e. Dinner, movie, gifts. You still end up paying for it eventually. Origin - UK mobile telephone payment system.
Atonym - Pay as you go

My girlfriend has put out four times this week, I just know that I'm going to have to pay the contract soon.

by JediAndi September 21, 2005

Contractogasm

When a pregnent woman has an orgasm at the same as a contraction

I had a contractogasm while having sex the other day.

by Nawlijispower February 26, 2010

mega contraction

A large contraction. Usually used for words made up of more than three words, such as y'all're.

Man, I can't believe y'all're using mega contractions.

by m/e/m/e/d February 22, 2020