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Valley of the Tunes

The Sonoma Valley, in northern California, is sometimes called the Valley of the Moon. This is derived from its slightly crescent shape. Because the valley is home to a very lively music scene, the area is also cleverly called the Valley of the Tunes.
Dude, I'll be in Sonoma; we have a gig in the Valley of the Tunes this Saturday.
by ElCommissioner June 22, 2022
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dibs aren't in tune

To have money. If the dibs are in tune, it means you're flush and can go raise hell etc - conversely, if the dibs aren't in tune, it means you're skint.
Bertie: What ho old chap. Are you coming to tea?
Corky: 'Fraid I can't mate - the dibs aren't in tune this month. I'll have to hit up my Uncle Worple for some cash.
by isntit November 21, 2011
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Looney tuned

To be tricked into some form of trap (either verbal or physical) akin to one commonly seen in the popular looney tunes cartoons.
Ha you stepped on a rake and got hit in the face, you just got looney tuned!
by Jorjy February 2, 2020
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COON TUNED

The redneck slang for nigger rig.

Nicki coon tuned the leaf blower before she could use it.
NICKI COON TUNED THE LEAF BLOWER BEFORE SHE USED IT.
by Ksmom1 January 31, 2023
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Tuning Oil

Used in southern Appalachia to describe white liquor (moonshine), because the shine will get you "tuned in"!
Give me a horn of that tuning oil, man!
by Da Big Ragu March 11, 2024
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lie-tune

when you buy an itune based on the short 30 second snippet on itunes.. and discover it actually sucks.
You: i just got the new Alien Sex Fiend tune and it sounded good in the part they play on itunes -- Itunes left out the screechy woman part.

Him: total lie-tune
by ZapZhong January 15, 2010
mugGet the lie-tunemug.

Coon-Tunes

A way to culturally define a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over a prerecorded, instrumental backing.
Ayy man witch the genre I don’t wanna listen to country anymore. Throw on some coon-tunes.
by Dark Bum September 6, 2021
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