Derived from the phrase carpet muncher, is used to describe singer-songwriters popular with indie women. Usually downbeat, vocal heavy and ladles of emotion.

A genre of music that will almost always result in any males in the vicinity changing the radio station, leaving the room, getting out of the car, asking "is everything alright".

IS: jewel, beth orton, ani difranco, new buffalo, fiest, cat power, missy higgins, aimee mann, fiona apple, dido,

IS NOT: mariah, britney, rihanna, fergie, the pussycat dolls

A person with an outwardly dominant, masculine, or aggressive personality, but who also enthusiastically takes on the submissive or "bottom" role in the bedroom.