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Portishead 

Influential female fronted band from Bristol, UK. Part of the trip hop genre with their laid back beats and cool scratching. Their first album "Dummy" (1994) was praised by the media. And their second album, "Portishead" was welcomed warmly, although had quite a different sound to their first album. It was more dark and disturbed. But still just as original and enjoyable with that distinct jazz-fusion meets hip-hop feel about it.
Fans of Portishead often also enjoy Massive Attack, DJ Shadow, Lamb, Earthling, and Goldfrapp.
Portishead by Bronnie Tyler January 5, 2004
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portishead 

OMG It's Portishead!
portishead by Dashite July 10, 2003

portishead 

Anything that is less than completely satisfactory.
That food was Portishead!!
portishead by Adam Farenden April 19, 2008

Portishead 

An under-the-skin pimple that you can't see but you can feel and it hurts really, really bad.
Man, I got this portishead on my face and it hurts like a muther!
Portishead by amandajene February 1, 2010

Portishead 

An influential but egocentric bunch of musicians from Bristol in the UK.
Renowed for their offensive, prima donna attitudes to the staff of all venues unlucky enough to put them on. In fact their split was partly down to the fact no promotor or venue would touch them in the end.
"After last night, there is NO WAY Portishead are ever coming back to play here again"
(the management of Bristols New Trinity Arts Centre after a typical portishead gig)
Portishead by Black Flag February 15, 2004

Porthead 

Someone who smokes alot of Newport cigarettes.
Jon: I'm gonna light up a another port.

Bobby: Damn dude, your a porthead!
Porthead by P0rthead69 October 22, 2009

Portisheadish 

sounding or resembling the music group Portishead in sound or manner
Hooverphonic is cool but they are mad Portisheadish
Portisheadish by Nightmare Paint April 26, 2009
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city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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“No way, is that cake?”
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