heavy metal umlaut en · NOUN
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Meanings
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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:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heavy metal umlauts | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| heavy-metal umlaut | alternative | lexicographic |
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nl metalumlaut (umlaut in the name of a heavy metal band) · sv heavy metal-prickar (umlaut in the name of a heavy metal band) · eo metalroka umlaŭto (umlaut in the name of a heavy metal band) · pl heavymetalowy umlaut (umlaut in the name of a heavy metal band)
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