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  2. Imbecile - Wikipedia

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    The term imbecile was once used by psychiatrists to denote a category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type of criminal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The word arises from the Latin word imbecillus , meaning weak, or weak-minded. [ 3 ]

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello: little return

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The smallest pitch difference between notes (in most Western music) (e.g. F–F ♯) (Note: some contemporary music, non-Western music, and blues and jazz uses microtonal divisions smaller than a semitone) semplice Simple sempre Always sentimento Feeling, emotion sentito lit. "felt", with expression senza Without senza misura Without measure ...

  5. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Wikipedia

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    Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (then-called US D.R.I. [1]) was formed in Houston in May 1982 by former members of the hardcore punk band Suburbanites.The original line-up consisted of Spike Cassidy on guitar, Kurt Brecht on lead vocals, Eric Brecht on drums and Dennis Johnson on bass, [4] which was basically the Suburbanites with Cassidy on guitar.

  6. Claude Debussy - Wikipedia

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    Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar (Achille) Claude Debussy [n 1] was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at ...

  7. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  8. On est tous des imbéciles - Wikipedia

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    Salut! deemed the song as "pleasant, funny", [24] La Voix du Nord considered that "the music is very rhythmic, almost jerky, the melody is stripped, the lyrics are disillusioned", [25] and Chanson qualified the song as "salubrious". [26] Jacinthe deemed "On est tous des imbéciles" a "provocative" song that "easily fits in the head as a success ...

  9. Moron (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Moron is a term once used in psychology and psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability. [1] The term was closely tied with the American eugenics movement. [2] Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term.