sound bite

(n) A short, catchy statement meeting the short attention requirements of TV news. Sound bites have the annoying habit of being play again and again ad nauseum. In fact, newscasts are increasingly built around sound bites instead of hard news and analysis. And public relations firms earn huge bucks cooking up sound bites for political spin and damage control.

One memorable sound bite (1984 Debate) from Vice Presidential candidate Lloyd Bensten countering Dan Quayle's comparision of himself to President John Kennedy.

Bensten: "I knew Jack Kennedy. He was a friend of mine. You are no Jack Kennedy."

by Bill Peters November 24, 2006

neighborhood soundbyte

1. An individual who stands outside their home talking loud enough that everyone in the neighborhood has to hear their conversation. 2. An individual who knowingly rants their opinions and views loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear.

We were kept up half the night by the neighborhood soundbyte.

The neighborhood soundbyte keeps us abreast of the town gossip, whether we want to hear it or not.

The neighborhood soundbyte is foaming at the mouth again.

by redPooka February 16, 2012

Soundies

Slang for people who work with sound on film sets and in film production. The lighting counterparts are lampies.

Your batteries died and you forgot to bring extras? Maybe you could score some from the soundies.

by Agibba February 26, 2017

sunbite

A debilitating case of sunburn

Ow! My sunbite!
Aw man I got sunbitten so much today!

by kmonihen January 6, 2010

soundbitten

when a soundbite of a statement is used to make someone look like an idiot, racist, fool, etc.

Man, did you hear that Romney quote on the Daily Show last night? He should know better than to let himself get soundbitten like that.

by haroldhendu December 3, 2007

Soundline

A clip of music overlayed with fight SFX. Soundlines are usually used in fight scenes by animators to achieve a synced effect, where the action on the screen is in sync with the audio.

"Hey, did you see Hatena360's new synced collab?"
"Yeah, man, the soundline was dope!"

by namazuki August 16, 2019

Soundies

Road man slang for cool, chill and good.

Road man: yes you soundies lad

Woman : yes sound lad

by Botsics December 11, 2021