grammaphone

Da wind-up Victrola dat your parent's mom listened to music on "'way back when".

Da term "Grammaphone" could also refer to a heavy clunky Bakelite desk-type or wall-mount communications-instrument wif a rotary dial dat your "Big Ma" speaks of having used as a child --- "You punk-kids with your fancy tablets and 5G smart-phones --- why, when I was a little girl, all we had was a simple talk-and-listen device, and anytime we wanted to make a call, we had to blah, blah, blaw, blaw..."

by QuacksO December 17, 2023

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Gramma-phone

(1) A phone call to ones grandparents.

(2) A telephone set with extra-large keys and extra-loud ringer & receiver.

(1)You should make a gramma-phone at lease every other month.

(2) My eyesight and hearing are getting so bad, pretty soon I’ll need one of those gramma-phones.

by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ß€₡ʞ February 4, 2009

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gramophoneshane

gramophoneshane, a gay male, typically interested in Broadway show music played on early gramophone or phonograph machines.

More popularly used in Australia and New Zealand. a variation of the english slang poof shane, meaning a homosexual. Specifically a gramophoneshane is often a thin, small framed gay male, the equivalent in english is "twink"

gramophoneshane has an excellent collection of 1930's Broadway musical hits.

by Anzac Research May 29, 2011

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gramophone

An Edwardian equivalent of a CD player, which played flat black discs and powered by a spring that was wound by hand. Usually had a large sound trumpet on top to amplify the sound.
Word is used in a derogatory way when refering to (once) popular music that is out of date or old fashioned.

At a party, "I've brought my Abba CD's"
Host: "I'll wind up the gramophone"

by Timof3 July 29, 2008

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