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Foghorn, from Italian mus- (Greek 'mus-ic' ) colo (Latin 'neck'). Originally an instrument made from the neck and lungs of a bull, operated by two men, each applying their full weight to a lung. The resulting expulsion of air through the neck caused a powerful low-frequency tone that could be heard for many miles and carried especially well over water. The 'muscolo' required strong support and was usually affixed amidship to the main mast. Recharging was difficult as each 'muscolier' took turns inflating the lungs by exhaling back into the neck. Commonly found on Adriatic ship traffic until the 4th century AD, when they began to be replaced by mechanically driven ram horns.
Tales of the muscolo and its legendary muscoliers survive to this day in many southern Italian folk songs.
muscolo by miraclewhip2000 March 4, 2019
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musculoca 

Typical muscle gay in Spain. It's used pejoratively for stupid commom muscle gays.
Chueca está llena de musculocas. = Chueca is full of musculocas
musculoca by bolsa September 6, 2006
Kind, sarcastic and salty, but is fine overall. She makes a good teacher except for when she might yell and get mad.
Mrs.Mascolo, can you help me with my writing

Yes bestie!!!

Or she might say….
DO IT YOURSELF
mascolo by emo_besties April 2, 2022

musicology

The study of the history of music, but having no relationship to music itself. It is usually studied at the graduate level by inept performers and anal-retentive, sexually-repressed, multi-lingual, shutins. It is an equivalent discipline to Art History, except for the fact that you will never see a musicology show on PBS, nor will you ever see a musicologist interviewed on television. Musicology is the study of boring, obscure facts tangentially related to the lives and works of (mostly unknown) composers in the Western European high-cultural tradition.
1. Music is to musicology as science is to Scientology.

2. Musicology Ph.D. student: "Did you know that Joseph Matthias Kracher was on friendly terms with Michael Haydn?"
Intelligent Human: "Big fucking deal! Who cares?"
Musicology Ph.D. student: "Well, Kracher wrote two settings of the 'Te Deum.' What have you done to contribute to the advancement of Western Civilization?"
Intelligent Human (grabbing student's throat and choking him to death): "This!"
Musicology Ph.D. student: "Gakkkkqq!!!"

muscolyritosis 

A disease that causes a break down in the central nervous system resulting in occasional muscle spasms. In rare cases indecent exposure been reported of the female variety.
i have the disease muscolyritosis.
b/c of muscolyritosis that girl is now topless

Muscoobs 

Term for a mans chest, when he is toned and does not have moobs. Instead it is muscle, and is therefore known as muscoobs.
Girl: "wow that guy has some nice muscoobs! What a hottie!"
Guy: "I have been hittin the gym lately, and I've got muscoobs to prove it!"
Muscoobs by Vball4ever November 20, 2010

Musculogooglitis 

Hand cramps from googling on a mobile device such as a blackberry or iphone.
I used the Googles so much on my blackberry I got Musculogooglitis!
Musculogooglitis by The Sargent April 14, 2009
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