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spinto

In singing, this refers to a soprano or tenor voice type of a vocal weight between a lyric voice and a dramatic voice, a "light heavyweight" voice.

Lyric voices are light, smooth, sweet, and agile; dramatic voices are heavy, rich, powerful, and full of emotion.
"Spinto" is Italian for "pushed" (this should not imply force) and applied to a tenor or a soprano it means a lyric voice which can be "pushed" to large musical climaxes at moderate intervals. This effect is achieved by a sharp edge in the voice's tone (squillo), which allows it to "cut" through a full orchestra (rather than singing over it like a true dramatic voice).
Since spinto voices bridge lyric and dramatic voices, they are able to play a wide range of roles in opera (but a spinto is not a common voice type).
A spinto tenor or spinto soprano may or may not have a darker color than their lyric counterparts; they often have the color of a baritone/mezzo-soprano and the high tessitura of a tenor/soprano.

Famous operatic spinto sopranos and spinto tenors include Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Michele Crider, Aprile Millo, Renata Scotto, Mario Lanza, Mario Frangoulis, Carlo Bergonzi, Placido Domingo, and Franco Corelli.

Pop singers who could qualify include Kelly Clarkson, Michelle Branch, Rachelle Lampa, Diana DeGarmo, Adam Lambert, Adam Pascal, Clay Aiken, Freddy Mercury, Steven Tyler, and Michael Jackson.
by Lorelili July 7, 2011
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Swinty

Describing the weather, specifically an overcast day where sunglasses are still needed to prevent squinting and the associated headache.
Bit swinty out today don’t forget your sunnies.
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skinty

Adjective: Skinny, tiny and irresistibly cute!

Noun: The slimmed down self that you aim toward while working out and eating right
OMG! When is the last time you saw Janeshia? She's so skinty now!

This workout is the beast friend of the monster quinoa salad, but I am fearless and welcome them both cuz I am coming for my skinty!!
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skinty legend

skinnier than the skinniest of legends. Taylor Tried, Beyonce Failed, and Ariana? I don't know her.

raini rodriguez will prevail
She is a skinty legend! All the locals are jealous
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Spitty kid

An old South Northamptonshire label for the constantly flobbing Prechavolithic species in their younger form.
These excessive phlegm producing, sports labelled (Finmere faux)youths were normally found in herds at standard locations such as bus stops, war memorials and outside Circle K.
They were renowned for taking immense pleasure in squirting spittle through their teeth with the characteristic high pitched noise that was not unlike the noise of a true Rastafarian showing displeasure by sucking his teeth.
This generation were to be role models and some more than likely spawned the next and hideously more evolved? generation of the pond life scourge that has swept this once fine nation.
Are those crickets i can hear, nope, my mistake its just a hoard of spitty kids.
by Shinwigs December 24, 2006
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spintastic

This is a term mostly used by those involved with Wheel of Fortune. It means fantastic, but the "fan" is changed to "spin", referencing the wheel in the popular game show. Pat Sajak, the host, has said this phrase a few times, which is how it stuck with the audience.
You're going to college? Well that's spintastic!
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Spinny Sauce

A term describing any form of alcoholic beverage. If it gets you drunk and dizzy...It's Spinny Sauce.
Dude I drank so much freaking spinny sauce that I fell down the stairs and got a concussion. It was awesome.
by jpf566 June 6, 2010
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