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now, for 64¢, which word fits better in the phrase "criminally underwhelming"?
Boring?
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>>now, for 64¢, which word fits better in the phrase "criminally underwhelming"?
>Boring?
Tedious? Narcoleptic? Yawn-fest?
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now, for 64¢, which word fits better in the phrase "criminally underwhelming"?
Tedious? olet lucernam? Longueur-ridden?
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...classical music's towering late-romantic... Well, which one is he... late-romantic or classical? Certainly irritating!  Towering? Genius? among others? ...and my favorite 'painfully careful'. 
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Well, which one is he... late-romantic or classical?
Yes.
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musick kvetches> Well, which one is he... late-romantic or classical?
Certainly irritating!
Towering? Genius? among others? ...and my favorite 'painfully careful'.
Please keep in mind that said review was written in Minneapolis, where our brains are just now experiencing spring thaw. Patience with the Northerners, please!
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musick kvetches> Well, which one is he... late-romantic or classical?This is no kvetch. A purist attitude, maybe - but none the worse for that. Musick has touched a nerve that response to my irritation as well; unfortunately, one that has to be hidden in most bar-room conversations because the term "classical," as applied to music, has been debased out of all recognition. Except amongst people like musick and I, of course. 
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RC states ... A purist attitude, maybe - but none the... appreciation unending! ...as for the kvetch-ups (as opposed to "catch-ups")... (cross-threading he quotes Monty Burns... "ketchup? - catsup? - ketchup? - catsup?"...  ) I guess I must claim silence since I'm talking about 'words' and not 'music' (for a change).  [scampering away with some speck of understanding remaining-e]. 
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I disagree. I perfectly understand the terminology of music appreciation, but this word definitely means different things in different contexts. If in general discourse, it is commonly placed in apposition to 'popular', so you just have to discriminate based on the nature of the conversation: there is simply no point in grumbling about the word having alternative meanings. Kvetch up, the train is leaving with or without you!
clas·si·cal (klăs'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, architecture, and literature.
Conforming to the artistic and literary models of ancient Greece and Rome.
Versed in the classics: a classical scholar.
Of or relating to the most artistically developed stage of a civilization: Chinese classical poetry.
Music.
Of or relating to European music during the latter half of the 18th and the early 19th centuries.
Of or relating to music in the educated European tradition, such as symphony and opera, as opposed to popular or folk music.
Of, relating to, or being a variety of a language that is epitomized by a prestigious body of literature.
Standard and authoritative rather than new or experimental: classical methods of navigation.
Well-known; classic: the classical argument between free trade and protectionism.
Of or relating to physics that can be described without the use of quantum mechanics or relativity.
Relating to or consisting of studies in the humanities and general sciences: a classical curriculum.
clas'si·cal'i·ty (-kăl'ĭ-tē)or clas'si·cal·ness n.
clas'si·cal·ly adv.
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the term "classical," as applied to music, has been debased out of all recognition
I know that "classical" is only one type of the music we call "classical," and I know that some buffs frown on its more general use, but what is a better general term for what most people understand to be "classical music"? I for one would be happy to change, but I've never been given a better option.
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