karaoke

A Japanese word commonly mispronounced by Americans. See karate
Karaoke is pronounced Karah-Okay, not Cary-Okey.
by Ookpick GooseFrubba August 20, 2005
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Karaokitis

Carry-oh-kite-us (n): a disease in which one can not control his or her ability to break out in song randomly or with just cause; much like turrets, only in musical form.
Don't get too close to her, I hear karaokitis is a communicable disease.
by ChriScoot May 27, 2011
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karaoke

The party really started when all the old filipino ladies started singing "Top of the World" on karaoke.
by s.a.m. August 20, 2005
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Karaoke

That CD sucked! They're all karaoke
by ananomyous July 08, 2005
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karaoke

An event that allows you to see that you don't know a song as well as you thought you did, esp. for verses.
Even though the words were right there on the screen, I just couldn't figure out how to sing "Dancing Queen" for karaoke.
by Rusty Spell January 25, 2005
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karaoke

A painful form of 'entertainment' only to be attempted when very, very, very drunk. (see also tribute band)
Big John needs a good 8 pints before he is in the mood to murder Hotel California
by black flag June 03, 2004
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karaoke

Singing accompanied by an instrumental soundtrack specifically made for "karaoke machines".

These soundtracks are usually songs in which the main melodic line has been removed (leaving ony the accompaniment intact.)

Karaoke is an agglutination of two Japanese words kara (empty) + oke (shortened version of okesutera/orchestra).
"Hey do you wanna go out for karaoke later?"
by Aec August 28, 2003
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