# Words you learned from rock or pop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054 "2014-05-23T01:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/1 "2014-05-23T01:40:45Z")
Two musical genres not exactly famous for their use of obscure language, but offhand I can think of two words I learned from modern popular music: - undine - sericulture BTW anyone who can name both songs wins an SMDB spam-free cookie! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/2 "2014-05-23T01:47:04Z")
Pompadous Suissuidio ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/3 "2014-05-23T02:02:36Z")
CURSE YOU!!! I wanted to say that!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/4 "2014-05-23T02:16:43Z")
I never heard the word copacetic until the Local H song [Bound for the Floor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Oe5YKhzCE). ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/5 "2014-05-23T02:31:21Z")
I’d never heard the word haver (talk foolishly; babble) until The Proclaimers’ _ **500 Miles.** _ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/6 "2014-05-23T02:45:56Z")
Copacetic (Local H) Lucidity (Queensryche) ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/7 "2014-05-23T03:08:12Z")
Zigazigha ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/8 "2014-05-23T03:13:00Z")
[copious](http://www.metrolyrics.com/alma-lyrics-tom-lehrer.html) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/9 "2014-05-23T03:14:56Z")
Debenture ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/10 "2014-05-23T03:25:08Z")
A number of anglicisms: bedsit, wimpy bars, hire purchase. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/11 "2014-05-23T03:26:25Z")
breezeblocks (Alt-J) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/12 "2014-05-23T03:28:41Z")
pataphysical ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/13 "2014-05-23T03:38:33Z")
Acquiesce Conciliatory Tao Grandeur And a phrase… “sexual tension.” Wasn’t until I was older that I learned what that meant. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/14 "2014-05-23T04:16:42Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Two musical genres not exactly famous for their use of obscure language, but offhand I can think of two words I learned from modern popular music: > > - undine > - sericulture > BTW anyone who can name both songs wins an SMDB spam-free cookie! Sericulture is from the Human League’s “Being Boiled” - I’ll let the person who knows the other one have the cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/15 "2014-05-23T04:47:52Z")
Brucellosis “Play It All Night Long”-Warren Zevon Pugnacious Lugubrious “The Original Wrapper”-Lou Reed ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/16 "2014-05-23T06:39:39Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Debenture At 17. > [@blondebear](#): > > pataphysical Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. I am not sure if this is meant to be a game, but I thought I’d give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/17 "2014-05-23T06:42:47Z")
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/18 "2014-05-23T09:11:31Z")
Orgasmatron. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/19 "2014-05-23T10:21:02Z")
When i was a young boy, **Warrant** taught me that “Cherry pie” was not, in fact, a baked good. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-learned-from-rock-or-pop/689054/20 "2014-05-23T10:25:07Z")
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