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Upsinging
Technique of singing, recently popularized by Bob Dylan (done regularly starting circa 2002), that involves raising the pitch of one's voice for the last word or last few words of a line. Generally disliked by his fans.
* = upsinging note
"He that gets hurt will be he who has *STALLED*"
"Mama, you just been on my *MIND*"
"Where the winds hit *heavy* on the border*LINE* / remember *ME* to one who lives *THERE*"
"My weariness amazes *ME*"
"He that gets hurt will be he who has *STALLED*"
"Mama, you just been on my *MIND*"
"Where the winds hit *heavy* on the border*LINE* / remember *ME* to one who lives *THERE*"
"My weariness amazes *ME*"
Upsinging by ApocalypseKurtz July 15, 2009
UPSing
"I will be UPSing your birthday gift"
stove
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026
Walky-Talky
A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”
Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha”
Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha”
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026