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Some solid set of lungs for a singer and a grand voice...

Celine Dion's got some vocals! (She's got a great voice)
Vocals by Urbana October 19, 2006
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clean vocals 

also called "cleans", clean vocals are basically regular singing

this phrase is usually associated with post-core bands that include singing with their hard vocals (screaming)
Memphis May Fire has really sweet clean vocals.
clean vocals by Ephphatha09 January 16, 2012

cookie monster vocals 

Another term for the various vocal stylings of genres related to progressive death metal. The vocals are incoherent growls, similar to those of Cookie Monster himself.
"Hey, can you understand what these motherfuckers are saying?"
"I don't think anybody can with those cookie monster vocals."
cookie monster vocals by rpg June 12, 2006

shit strain vocals 

Describes the vocal styling's of a singer who sounds like they're trying to have a shit whilst singing. This usually is put on in an attempt to sound like they are singing some real meaningful stuff.
Man! I can't stand Nickleback with their singers shit strain vocals.

Swine Vocals 

The vocal effect produced by a person that sounds like a pig squealing or the noise a pig makes when snorging. This style of screaming is popular in Metal.
Used in a sentence.....

"Those swine vocals were fucking brutal!"

Listen to the song All Roads Lead to Hell by Hester Prynne on youtube to hear some Swine Vocals
The Swine starts around 0:28
Swine Vocals by SwineFLUpandemic November 10, 2009

Clean vocals 

Also called "cleans". Used mostly in the metalcore and post-hardcore community to describe regular singing, as some artists/bands in these genres often use screamed/growled vocals alongside regular singing.
"This band has pretty average screams, but the clean vocals are pretty good"
"The singer has really bad cleans"
Clean vocals by ChippyChipper June 19, 2019

switching vocals 

Switching vocals; a sub-category within the nightcore genre that is more complex than regular nightcore. It consists of a different person than that of the original song singing it, and then being edited into nightcore. It's a very unique style that puts a very different twist to the original song itself.
Person 1: Isn't this song sung by only one person, a female?
Person 2: well originally yes, but this song is in switching vocals style, so now a male is singing it in a nightcore style.
switching vocals by NightcoreZaddy October 15, 2018
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Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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