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..."

grammaphone by QuacksO December 17, 2023

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.

Gramma-phone by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ߀₡ʞ February 4, 2009

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.

gramophoneshane by Anzac Research May 29, 2011

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Word is used in a derogatory way when refering to (once) popular music that is out of date or old fashioned.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"

gramophone by Timof3 July 29, 2008

Grammaphobia 

The Fear of Letters

Guy1: I'm scared of letters...
Guy2: o i c
Guy1: *starts to freak out*

Grammaphobia

Grammaphobia by yourmotherinmybed January 31, 2022

Grammaphobia 

An irrational fear of proper grammar, punctuation, and/or spelling in written or spoken language.

Jane's grammaphobia prevented her from proofreading her essay, as the sight of perfectly structured sentences caused her immense anxiety.

Grammaphobia by HappyCleaner82 June 4, 2023

gramophone question 

A question asked all over and over again. It repeats itself like

a broken record.

A: Do you know Britney Spears' new song?

B: STFU, stop asking me that gramophone question.

gramophone question by watertowater April 9, 2011