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n. the rapid series of harsh notes constituting the chatter of the Northern Oriole, as described in Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior, Volume 2 by Donald Stokes.
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(also ch-ch-ch.) n. the harsh call of grasshoppers such as the Northern True Katydid, “given about once every second” (Lang Elliott, A Guide to Night Sounds: The Nighttime Sounds of 60 Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Insects).
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v. to flow through life to a train-like rhythm, as in the philosophy of the band Kraftwerk.
| <[The traveling theme in so many Kraftwerk songs is about] letting yourself go. Sit on the rails and ch-ch ch-ch-ch. Just keep going. —Ralf Hütter, quoted in Ocean of Sound by David Toop.> |
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n. a highly-evolved, intelligent lichen with a cloudlike body, living “in the very center of a hollow world” (Richard A. Lupoff, “Lights! Camera! Shub-Niggurath!”, The New Lovecraft Circle).
| <Ch-ch-ch was minding its own business, keeping its resident birds, insects, ponds, fishes and small reptiles happy. Suddenly Ch-ch-ch felt itself punctured. It was a hell of a shock, although it probably didn’t exactly hurt Ch-ch-ch. —Richard A. Lupoff, “Lights! Camera! Shub-Niggurath!”, The New Lovecraft Circle.> |
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