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heavy metal umlaut

heavy metal umlaut noun: an umlaut (“diacritical mark”) over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band, added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.

Noun

heavy metal umlaut (plural heavy metal umlauts)

  1. An umlaut (“diacritical mark”) over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band, added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.
    • Blue Öyster Cult
      Too clever by half to be heavy-metallers (though not too clever to deploy a Heavy Metal umlaut), the Cult's list of listenable songs goes nowhere near eleven.2007, Mark Ellingham, editor, The Rough Guide Book of Playlists, →ISBN, page 32

Synonyms of heavy metal umlaut

Forms of heavy metal umlaut

pluralheavy metal umlauts
alternative formheavy-metal umlaut

Questions about heavy metal umlaut

What does heavy metal umlaut mean?
Heavy metal umlaut means an umlaut (“diacritical mark”) over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band, added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.
What part of speech is heavy metal umlaut?
Heavy metal umlaut is a noun.
What is the plural of heavy metal umlaut?
The plural of heavy metal umlaut is heavy metal umlauts.

Words near heavy metal umlaut in the dictionary

  1. heavy machinery
  2. heavy man
  3. heavy marching order
  4. heavy men
  5. heavy metal
  6. heavy metal umlaut
  7. heavy metal umlauts
  8. heavy metally
  9. heavy metals
  10. heavy mob
  11. heavy mobs

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