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tonality 

(noun)

(musical term)Refers to a system of pitches within a diatonic scale, based on whole and half-tone relationships to a given tonic, therefore determining the key signature.
Tonality allows you to construct a scale.
tonality by J_E_L January 23, 2006

Tonality Science 

The scientific study of the tones individuals use to express a word.
Carlos was listening to Grand Funk Railroad play "The Loco-Motion" and was amazed by the singer's adroit use of tonality to each time he expressed a word or a few of them in succession convey a message or messages which were quite a little different, complimented, or reinforced the words he sang. He realized tonality was but has not been raised to the level of a science, and coined the term Tonality Science to go in that direction.
Tonality Science by but for October 25, 2017

deceptive tonality 

Telling a lie in tonality that makes the lie more believable, and kills any doubts.
Some people use a deceptive tonality to reinforce a lie they are telling. For example, they will answer, “No,” but in a tonality that says it would be unthinkable for that person to have said or done what they are saying they did not say or do, and they may even intimidate the listener so he will feel stupid if he ever doubted or dared to question their statement.

`~`-David "'Entonation'" Styles <<<pPp>>> Is African-American-Mongolian-Yorubian-Castillian-Bonilla-Castro-Tanna-From Content To Contextual Tonality Called Intonation`~` 

`~`-David "'Entonation'" Styles <<<pPp>>> Is African-American-Mongolian-Yorubian-Castillian-Bonilla-Castro-Tanna-From Content To Contextual Tonality Called Intonation`~`
`~`-David "'Entonation'" Styles <<<pPp>>> Is African-American-Mongolian-Yorubian-Castillian-Bonilla-Castro-Tanna-From Content To Contextual Tonality Called Intonation`~`

totality 

A word that white people over-use to describe a solar eclipse
"We are seeing 75 percent Totality"
totality by Shaundreke August 22, 2017

Totality egg 

Females within a solar eclipse's path of totality undergo a cosmically-induced ovulation process triggered at moment of full totality. The egg generated during this totality ovulation process is known as the totality egg.
I fertilized Mary's totality egg and she gave birth to a shadow baby
Totality egg by lambtron August 22, 2017
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Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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