stuck record
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- noun
- /stʌk ˈrɛkərd/
- Informal
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disco rayado
- Whenever she talks about her travels, she sounds like a stuck record repeating the same stories.
Examples
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It's so up my street and I know I'm a stuck record but with my neutral wardrobe and hopefully your neutral wardrobe too.
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Fred: You are like a stuck record.
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You're worse than a stuck record.
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You always bring up the same point in meetings; it's like you're a stuck record.
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He tends to be a stuck record when discussing politics, always arguing the same side.
Synonyms
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4.9
A person who keeps saying the same thing until others get annoyed
Antonyms
How Repetitive
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The image of a ‘record’ (vinyl/phonograph) being ‘stuck’ and repeating a passage makes the idiom 'stuck record' partially derivable: learners who know the audio-record sense can infer it refers to someone who keeps repeating themselves. However, the reading relies on the specific audio/recording sense and cultural knowledge of stuck/looping records; learners who only know 'record' as a written or archival document (as given) or lack that cultural image will not predict the idiomatic meaning, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The phrase stuck record comes from old record players. If the player's needle got stuck, the record would repeat the same sound over and over, so when someone keeps saying the same thing we call them a 'stuck record'.