Singing Frog

A term in the IT and equipment maintenance industries used to describe a bug or problem reported by a user which, upon inspection, has no detectable cause, is unable to be reproduced, and simply "goes away" without any specific change in the equipment's settings or work done by the person servicing the problem.

This is not a derogatory term and while these problems are annoying and time-consuming the lack of explanation does not automatically place blame on the user.

The term is based on the classic Warner Brothers short, "One Froggy Evening", in which a singing and dancing frog will only perform for the construction worker who found it.

User: "My computer keeps freezing whenever I try to open <program>, specifically, when <detailed description>"
IT Helpdesk: "OK, I'll come down and have a look."

Much Later

IT Boss: "Did you fix User's problem?"
IT Helpdesk: "I couldn't find any problem, no matter how hard I tried. Guess it was a singing frog."

by dwinter9 July 23, 2012

Skat singing

A style of jazz singing somewhat analogous to beatboxing where you reproduce the sounds of an instrument (often a trumpet, clarinet, or saxophone) with your voice.

(Supposedly skat singing was also used earlier, in rag time, but it became most well known through jazz.)

Well known skat singers include Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Scatman John.

If you've seen the movie The Blues Brothers, the song "Minnie the Moocher" has skat singing.

by Greg Schwartz May 18, 2004

Singing in the shower

When your in the shower and you think your singing good but you actually sound like a dying whale.

"I was singing in the shower this morning!"
"Do you guys ever sing in the shower?"

by Brisimonetti November 13, 2014

all-singing, all-dancing

(Adj.) Advanced. Including all modern features, even unnecessary ones.

Used originally to describe stage shows and early "talkie" motion pictures. Used prominently in Fight Club.

"You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."

"The all-singing, all-dancing Mercedes Cabriolet"

by Justin Pagano October 21, 2004

Singing River Mall

A big ass piece of shit. This mall is the infection of the small town in Mississippi, known as Gautier (go-shay). It's failing attempt at redeeming itself by banning all teenagers are their most busiest days, Fridays and Saturdays, brought failed effort to the ever chance of bringing the mall alive again. Nowadays the mall is filled with closed down stores, Ex: Sound Shop, Walden Books, etc, etc. Nothing is left there except mall rats who just walk laps around the once mall, now a long hallway. This is severe bullshit, and an upgrade is severely required.

Anything that comes from you sphincter, and enters a toilet. Ex: Singing River MAll

by HunterVox October 28, 2010

singingfish

Website where people can listen to song samples, download whole songs, or watch videos. Windows Media Player uses or used Singing Fish as a search engine. The website may or may not have the song you are looking for. It is also a very sensitive search engine where one wrong character can make a huge difference.

Joe: So I stopped using Limewire.

Jim: Really? So what now?

Joe: I started using Singingfish.com, its not as great, but I think it's legal, not like Limewire.

by aussiegoat55 August 23, 2006

inward singing

The best invention for hard rocking. No more getting ripped off by lazy-ass people who have too many pauses.

I have been inward singing non-stop for four hours.

by in-word-s-ing-ing August 1, 2003