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CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. [1] The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes towards it changed.
Earworm. An earworm or brainworm, [1] also described as sticky music or stuck song syndrome, [2] is a catchy or memorable piece of music or saying that continuously occupies a person's mind even after it is no longer being played or spoken about. [3][4] Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI) is most common after earworms, [5][6][7][8][9] but INMI ...
"Play that song again, it's a banger." Bangs [citation needed] Based: Originally meaning "to be yourself and not care about how others view you", the word is now used to indicate an opinion or something that someone agrees with. It is especially common in political slang and discussions and may be used for controversial topics.
There is an urban legend, called an "oft-reprinted assertion" by Douglas R. Harper, creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary, that the modern slang meaning developed from the standard meaning of faggot as "bundle of sticks for burning" with regard to burning at the stake. This is unsubstantiated; the emergence of the slang term in 20th ...
Jive talk, also known as Harlem jive or simply Jive, the argot of jazz, jazz jargon, vernacular of the jazz world, slang of jazz, and parlance of hip[1] is an African-American Vernacular English slang or vocabulary that developed in Harlem, where "jive" (jazz) was played and was adopted more widely in African-American society, peaking in the ...
In June 1852, the boat Pop Goes The Weasel competed in the Durham Regatta. [7] By December 1852, "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a popular social dance in England. [8] A ball held in Ipswich on 13 December 1852 ended with "a country dance, entitled 'Pop Goes the Weasel', one of the most mirth inspiring dances which can well be imagined."
Lady Gaga singles chronology. " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) " (2009) " LoveGame " (2009) " Chillin " (2009) Music video. "LoveGame" on YouTube. " LoveGame " is a song released by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame (2008). Produced by RedOne, the track was released as the album's third single in North America and ...
"On the Radio" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, produced by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, and released in late 1979 on the Casablanca record label. It was written for the soundtrack to the film Foxes and included on Summer's first international compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II .