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zinging
 n.— «Zinging is a Korean phenomenon. It involves miming in public to popular songs: a pop version of the narcissistic art of air guitar or the group practice of public humiliation that is karaoke without the bum notes depending how you look at it.» —“Jargon Watch: Zinging” by Ged Carroll renaissance chambara Dec. 4, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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