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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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countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
countrypolitan by MOChick November 7, 2006
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Witch Bath 

A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.
Witch Bath by carnieboy30 October 26, 2020
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kinktober 

An excuse for people to write porn with different types of kinks throughout the month of October.

Smut Fanfiction
That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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