" shellacs "

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1: One of the greatest, hard driving, indi-punk bands ever! The music is said to extend the dynamic and frequency ranges of analog. Formed in Chicago, the band is headed up by Steve Albini, formerly of Big Black and Rapeman. The other members include Bob Weston, and Todd Trainer. Both Steve Albini and Todd Trainer are known widely through the music industry as producers. Shellac is one of the best kept musical secrets of the 1990s.

  * e.g.,  ... Video footage of "Steady As She Goes" can be found on youtube. This is the only official video footage of Shellac playing. Albums include: 

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2: P.S. There are so many aspects to this band and what it does, it would be impossible to list them all.

  * e.g.,  ...  At Action Park 

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3: P.S.S. If your idea of an indi band is R.E.M., this isn't the band for you!

  * e.g.,  ...  Terraform 

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1: destroy, dominate in competition, thrash, beat

  * e.g.,  ... We were getting shellacked so badly the ump reinstated the slaughter rule. 

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1: (verb) to cover-up and hide the facts.

  * e.g.,  ... i think it's all just a shellac job. 

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1: A derogatory repurposing of the original word ("shellac" usually refers to lac resin which is often melted down to make varnish, or, to the purpose here, a thin varnish containing the lac resin) which is used to characterize someone of thin character; all surface, no substance.

  * e.g.,  ... A frequently misheard line in The Beastie Boys' "3-Minute Rule:" "'Cause I'm running things like a shellac motherfucker." 

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1: A drunken state of being induced either by playing excessive amounts of beer pong, bullshit pyrimid, or by consuming a very high proof liquor using a "chug mug."

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Hey do you want to go to Danieley J103 for some beer pong on thier sweet-ass table? I bet we'll get amazingly shellaced! 

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2: Shellaced is not only a state of being, but also a state of mind, in which one becomes completely obsessed with making it to the frats, the rugby house, or any other nightly house party in which there will be inevitably more drinking.

  * e.g.,  ... Person 2: Nah I can't man, I was over there last Sunday and those girls got me completely shellaced before they had finished thier first game of bullshit pyrimid. 

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3: Origin: Our 7 foot long beer pong table had to be sealed with shellac to protect its superior paint-job. the word just stuck thereafter.

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1: Verb meaning to be fired by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.

  * e.g.,  ... Anthony Scaramucci was shellaced by Donald Trump. Rex Tillerson was shellaced by Donald Trump. Jeff Sessions was shellaced by Donald trump 

 [ "shellac record" ]

1: another name for gramophone record. From the use of shellac in making gramophone records.

  * e.g.,  ... He bought a shellac record yesterday. 

 [ "Shellac records" ]

1: Records made from the poop from lac bugs.

  * e.g.,  ... Did you know that shellac records are made of bug poop?