A wannabe violin. Snuggled safely between the violin section and the cello section, violists know that their terrible playing will definitely be drowned out. In fact, you will NEVER hear violas on a digital recording because degital recording has become so advanced that all extraneous noise is eliminated. =)

A lower pitch and a little larger than a violin.

An adolescent. Derived from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, specifically from Malvolio's description of Viola in Act 1 Scene 5: "Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy..."

An instrument played by people who aren't any good at the violin and never will be.

n.- a coffin with the dead person on the outside

The Viola is a string instrument that is classified by all violin players as the worst instrument to ever exist.
The Viola can be summed up in one video, you viola you scream by TwoSetViolin

A big violin, invented in order to make violins feel like they're any good.