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    [Noun]  | "blues" | \ ˈblüz \


    1: low spirits : melancholy

    2: a song often of lamentation characterized by usually 12-bar phrases, 3-line stanzas in which the words of the second line usually repeat those of the first, and continual occurrence of blue notes in melody and harmony

    3: jazz or popular music using harmonic and phrase structures of blues

    Origin: 1741 ;

     Blue devils;

    [Noun]  | "blue" 


    1: a color whose hue is that of the clear sky or that of the portion of the color spectrum lying between green and violet

    2: a pigment or dye that colors blue

    3: bluing

    Origin: 14th century ;

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    [Noun]  | "postpartum blues" 


    1: a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, irritability, or insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : baby blues

    Origin: 1949 ;

    [Noun]  | "rhythm and blues" 


    1: popular music typically including elements of blues and African American folk music and marked by a strong beat and simple chord structure

    Origin: 1933 ;

    [Noun]  | "baby blue" 


    1: a pale blue

    2: blue eyes

    3: a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, and insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : postpartum blues —usually used with the

    Origin: 1859 ;

    [Noun]  | "brom*thy*mol blue" | \ ˌbrōm-ˈthī-ˌmȯl- \


    1: a dye derived from thymol that is an acid-base indicator

    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "cobalt blue" 


    1: a greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina

    2: a strong greenish blue

    Origin: 1835 ;

    [Verb]  | "blue" 


    1: to make (something) blue in color: such as

    2: to dye, tint, or paint (something) blue

    3: to heat (iron or steel) to about 550 to 600°F (288 to 316°C) so that it acquires a bluish protective coating

    Origin: 1606 ;

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    [Idiom]  | "singing the blues" 


    1: feeling sad and discouraged

    [Plural noun]  | "the blues" 


    1: a feeling of sadness or depression

    [Plural noun]  | "blues" 


    [Noun]  | "blue" 


    1: the expanse of air surrounding the earth;


      * e.g., " ... the plane flew off into the blue and was never seen again "



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    2: the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth;


      * e.g., " ... pirate ships that sailed the vasty blue in search of treasure "



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     [ "blues" ]

    1: a slang word for 30mg oxcodone instant release pills. They are called blues because they are blue. Also slang word for 1mg xanax pills. They are also blue.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey bro you have any blues im sick as hell. Im puking from both ends. HELP ME PLEASE THE WITHDRAWS ARE UNBAREABLE.  

     [ "blues" ]

    1:  State of dejection or gloom.

      * e.g.,  ... My friends have all left and forgotten me. I've got the blues. 

     [ "blues" ]

    2:  A style of music originating in the mid-nineteenth century from southern African-American secular songs usually featuring a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first.

      * e.g.,  ... “The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation” (B.B. King). 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: Background: The Delta

      * e.g.,  ... Everynight I go to sleep. . . the blues, they fall down like rain. 

     [ "blues" ]

    2: Definition: n. The music you play and the songs you sing when you get blue . This music is often played in 12 bar melodies using the I-IV-V chord progression.

     [ "blues" ]

    3: Definition: n. The bad shit that happens in your life to make you sing the blues .

     [ "blues" ]

    1: when you baby just died of cot death, ya wife left ya, you mom and dad died in a fire at their house, you hooked on coke and you've just been mugged, and you got a pain in the balls, you've just been stabbed, and it drives ya to pick up a guitar and learn to play the blues, but you realise you ain't got enough doe to buy a guitar, and the rent man is thinking of kickin you out. when you do finally get a guitar and learn to play it real well you get electrocuted and die cause you had a dodgy amp. then the devil grabs you keeps you in hell for eternity.

      * e.g.,  ... he he now thats blues. 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: music brought down by god to the people sufferin in the mississippi delta, play it the hell you like its all about expression and bringing your feelings to the listener,and creating atmosphere.

      * e.g.,  ... just lookin through my ol blues records  

     [ "blues" ]

    1: In music the blues is about redemption. Not depression.

      * e.g.,  ... "You know I'm free, free now baby 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: 'blues' were originally known to intravenous drug users as azure-colored instant-release 10 mg oxymorphone, manufactured by ENDO. These were rightly considered the holy grail of pharmaceutical opiates before being discontinued due to problems with black market diversion and robberies. Many users ranked them more euphoric than heroin. They are cited in many works of fiction, notably Drugstore Cowboy.

      * e.g.,  ... It's so beautiful how these blues commingle with blood in the syringe. 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: Trinidad slang: porn

      * e.g.,  ... jed we wuz so bored - we did stay up all night watchin blues... 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: alternate name for the strong cannabis buleberries

      * e.g.,  ... dealer: yeh i just got sum blues, you avin any 

     [ "blues" ]

    1: The greatest football (or soccer to yank wanks) team in the universe. Also known as Birmingham City FC.

      * e.g.,  ... Keep right on to the end of the road 

     [ "blues" ]

    2: See also bluenose & bluesfukingawesome

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