A term used by last.fm. Scrobbling involves taking the last songs you played through your media player (eg. iTunes), and filing away the info to improve, and better tailor the songs that are played for you through last.fm.
After a number of songs are listened to through your media player of choice, a window from last.fm will appear, listing these songs, and confirming that you wish to scrobble them. The user has the option of de-selecting songs that they do not wish to scrobble.
After a number of songs are listened to through your media player of choice, a window from last.fm will appear, listing these songs, and confirming that you wish to scrobble them. The user has the option of de-selecting songs that they do not wish to scrobble.
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Get the scrobble mug.What the fuck is a scrobble? A scrobble is a made up word meant to mean "listeners" or "replays" in the last.fm music streaming app. Why scrobbles? Nobody fucking knows. It's a scrobble damnit.
Jenny: "I just got fourteen scrobbles last week"
Jack: "What the fuck is a scrobble?"
Jenny: "Im famous, bitch."
Jack: "What the fuck is a scrobble?"
Jenny: "Im famous, bitch."
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Scrobbing is the act of running a program that tracks what songs you are listening to and uploads them to a social network such as the website that coined the phrase, Last.fm
This is a voluntary action and though it sounds like an invasion of privacy, the users consent to scrobbing so they can compare music tastes with the community and friends.
This is a voluntary action and though it sounds like an invasion of privacy, the users consent to scrobbing so they can compare music tastes with the community and friends.
1. 'I've been scrobbing for weeks and I've finally listened to 10,000 tracks'
2. 'I haven't updated my playlist for awhile and when I afk from my computer I end up scrobbing songs by artists I don't like, I hope my friends don't see'
2. 'I haven't updated my playlist for awhile and when I afk from my computer I end up scrobbing songs by artists I don't like, I hope my friends don't see'
by Adrian Love January 3, 2009
Get the scrobbing mug.A deregulatory slur for someone of Asian descent, primarily used by African Americans. referencing the Asian "buck tooth" stereotype, chopsticks, and sushi being a Japanese originating food.
Charles: Hey Linus, this west nile snatch doesn't know who Martin Luthor Kang is!
Sally: Martin Luthor Kang? sounds like a tooth scribbling sushi nigga!
Linus: Allow me the latitude of completion hover bitch! Martin Luthor Kang, was a boss ass pimp and thanks to him we get the day off and get marathons of sanford and son!
Sally: Martin Luthor Kang? sounds like a tooth scribbling sushi nigga!
Linus: Allow me the latitude of completion hover bitch! Martin Luthor Kang, was a boss ass pimp and thanks to him we get the day off and get marathons of sanford and son!
by ojo_tango July 15, 2021
Get the tooth scribbling sushi nigga mug.A sexual act involving a man's taint. The scrobbler (i.e., the one who gives a scrobbler) puts their face firmly against the taint and vigorously oscillates their head. Some scrobblers use their tongues on the taint for added pleasure for both parties.
A minor variation, known as the "balsamic scrobbler," is a scrobbler that is performed on a receiver who has not bathed for several days.
A minor variation, known as the "balsamic scrobbler," is a scrobbler that is performed on a receiver who has not bathed for several days.
I wasn't sure where we were in our relationship; it didn't seem like he was really all that into me. But when he asked me for a scrobbler I knew for sure, he was the one.
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Get the Scribbling on Sanity mug.Verb: To kidnap or capture. In particular to throw a bag or cloth over the head and bundle the victim away.
The term was coined by John Masefield in "The Midnight Folk", published in 1827, and is used extensively in the "Box of Delights", published in 1937, where Cole Hawlings is 'scrobbled' by throwing a black bag over his head and bundling him into a car.
Neil Gaiman also used scrobbling in the same sense in “Neverwhere”, published in 1996. Gaiman acknowledges the Box of Delights as the origin of the word.
The term was coined by John Masefield in "The Midnight Folk", published in 1827, and is used extensively in the "Box of Delights", published in 1937, where Cole Hawlings is 'scrobbled' by throwing a black bag over his head and bundling him into a car.
Neil Gaiman also used scrobbling in the same sense in “Neverwhere”, published in 1996. Gaiman acknowledges the Box of Delights as the origin of the word.
"... Kay are waiting to scrobble the treacherous cats" Midnight Folk
"We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her ..." Mr Croup - Neverwhere
"We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her ..." Mr Croup - Neverwhere
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