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ballad salad 

an album or other compilation of overly sentimental or romantic songs.
Once upon a time, Aerosmith was a real hard rock band. But since the 1990s, they've just been putting out album after album of ballad salads.
ballad salad by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015
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babada boopy 

peter griffin's way of speaking italian
peter: Babada boopy?!
italian: siete pazzi
peter: babada boopy babada
babada boopy by mdawg1 November 19, 2011

power ballad 

An emotional hard rock/heavy metal song, often with a slow tempo, dramatic sung vocals, and many instruments, including acoustic ones and synthesizers. Power ballads usually start soft, then heaviness builds up with drums and heavy electric guitars.
In the eighties, almost every metal band had its power ballad.
power ballad by CraftTheMushy August 15, 2015

Ballad of Serenity 

Written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes, it is also known as the Theme to Firefly. Firefly was a woefully short-lived series on the Fox television station. It was a sci-fi western and the opening theme conveyed the main hero and protagonist of the show; a hardened war veteran named Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds. The song has been covered by a band called The Henry Kaiser Band and can be heard in the closing title music of Firefly's movie adaption, Serenity. The theme is also used as the chorus to filk band Escape Key in their Firefly tribute entitled Mal's Song.
Lyrics for The Ballad of Serenity.

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't coming back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me

There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me
Ballad of Serenity by Aaron Hurd December 15, 2008

Babadoodie 

Linus: Look at Petronella's hair!

Valerie: Yeah, babadoodie!!!!
Babadoodie by Wretis June 30, 2011

Babadook 

If you don't get in bed the "Babadook" is going to get you!
Babadook by hebriticus May 29, 2015
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
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trucker's tan 

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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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