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Secondary Overplay Syndrome

When an artist, sometimes one that ultimately sucks, is played so much that other artists aren't even discovered on the radio, and a lot of people never hear of them. Victims include:
12 Stones
Every Avenue
Atreyu
Pushmonkey
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Arsonists Get All the Girls
Love and Theft
Civil Twilight
Red
Causes include:
Bad-
Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Good-
Three Days Grace
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Radio-only listener: 12 Stones? Who are they?
Me: A kick ass band who apparently suffers from Secondary Overplay Syndrome.
by bbtdgfan123 December 21, 2010
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overplay your stroke

A potentially painful action that arises when a man forgets that he only has a short penis. Sometimes the recipient is the one who overplays the stroke due to over zealousness.
"Are you okay, Harvey? Did you overplay your stroke? It looks like your penis is broken!"
by 556fmj April 6, 2008
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Primary Overplay Syndrome

When a band/artist is played on the radio so much that that song/artist becomes hated, even if it/they are actually pretty good. I swear, overplay is not the artist's fault, just those crappy DJs that can't get their hands on anything better to play. Victims include:
Nickelback
Creed
Hinder
Slipknot
3Oh!3
Radio-only listener: Man, I fucking hate Nickelback!
Me: Don't say that! Nickelback is an awesome band. Many people like just suffer from Primary Overplay Syndrome.
by bbtdgfan123 December 21, 2010
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overplayedness

a song that has been over played too many times.
As the Rush comes
by elletek February 17, 2004
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Overplay

Typically it means to play a song so much that your interest in it degrades, but the word's meaning is not limited to just music. Almost anything that you can "play" can become less interesting if you do it too much. Video games, sports, etc.

Unless you have a strong passion for something, then you normally can do it as much as you can and your interest in it will never decay. For example, gamers that somehow main the same game for years.

A very similar word is overuse.
Example 1: (Just imagine any song playing in a car) I mean this is a good song, but it's slightly annoying now because my favourite radio station overplays it. It's like every 5 minutes they play this goddamn song.
Example 2: I used to love Carpenter Brut to a point where I couldn't stop listening to their music. But i overplayed their songs so they're not as enjoyable as I remember.
by Zergur Vorghiz September 29, 2019
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overlayed

when u dont get up on time.....
'i overlayed this morning and missed technology'
by e m m a November 29, 2005
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Overplayer

One who overplays music.
Whoever plays Eminem's song I'm Not Afraid over their radio's or stereos is an Overplayer
by Spookyz August 12, 2010
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