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storytelling 

An art form or oral tradition that brings everyday folks into the world of words.
The teller's storytelling made the Bible story come alive!
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storytelling 

In rap is storytelling like when you tell a story in the song in rhymes.
Nas´s song "one love" is a storytelling rap song.
I think storytelling rap is better than any other kind of rap.
storytelling by H-Ghetto January 4, 2009

African thigh-slapping storytelling 

Part of African culture that hands down stories from one generation to the next that involves melodic thigh slapping.
My grandfather went for hours with African thigh-slapping storytelling. I hate being black.

Irish Storytelling 

An aimless, meandering, stream-of-consciousness narrative form rife with circumstantial details that ultimately dominate the principal plot and serve as jarring segues between thematically unrelated acts.
Person A: Hey man, whats up?
Person B: My life is so tragic. This one time I went fishing with my dad all day and we didn't catch a fish between us and then I pissed my pants. Then I saw an octopus."
A: That story was all over the place!

B: No it wasn't. I did eat a chocolate bar too.
A: Nigga, you are great at Irish Storytelling.
Irish Storytelling by Dr Auts April 10, 2015

Spoonfed storytelling 

Writing or scripting that feels the incessant need to over-explain everything to the viewer, even obvious things. It's most prevalent in poorly made modern movies from 2000 onward. It implies that studios believe audiences are so dumb that they won't be able to follow a complex story.
Damn, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was godawful. The special effects were cool but the spoonfed storytelling was insulting.

ChestPiece Storytelling 

A term coined by The Nostalgia Critic and the channel awesome YouTube affiliates during the episode about avatar Last Airbender by M Night Shyamalan got means a story that Focus too much on Exposition and explanation instead of show don't tell
The Nostalgia Critic said that the avatar Last Airbender suck because of ChestPiece Storytelling
ChestPiece Storytelling by EmJayee November 10, 2018

HARSHNOISE STORYTELLING 

Harshnoise-Storytelling is a genre of music created in 2018 by Québécois music producer Alexandre Cubaynes on Soundcloud for his debut album Tape I.

It's caracteristics are overgained vocals of a copypasta and greentext theme and ripped off background music.
None is sure wether this genre subscribes to ironic memes or deeply sincere performance.
"hey bro, do you know that old school Navy SEAL gorilla warfare copypasta?"
"Yeah man, Alexandre Cubaynes made a harshnoise storytelling track on his Soundcloud!"
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Failure Shower 

When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.
Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.
Failure Shower by Vikingnz October 27, 2009
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Acronym for Non-Athletic Regular Person. Your schools lacrosse team probably shouts it at you while you walk by.
Lookie at these bunch of narps, NARP NARP NARP
NARP by Douchebag McKenzy March 31, 2010
Word of the Day on September 7, 2026

High School Liquid 

A person who can freely travel between and fit in with all high school social groups and classes.
He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.
High School Liquid by Thaedris July 30, 2008
Word of the Day on September 6, 2026

Purple Patch 

To describe coming into something good, coming into good luck and or good times.

Like walking over small green hills in the countryside then coming across a purple patch of flowers, thus it being unique and out of the ordinary.
I hit a real purple patch.

The other day this good thing happened unexpectedly then I was lucky with this, it was unique, I hit a real purple patch.
Purple Patch by Ralph Shitstorm October 27, 2020
Word of the Day on September 5, 2026
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