And Bill, you said One of the consolations of my deafness is that I am not missing much,
considering that ninety percent of the music available isn't worth listening to, and
the remaining ten percent is hard to find.

Not arguing with you, but, um, how do you know? Just askin' ...

So if a song plays in a forest of deaf ears is it still music?

gender bender

So we say, for instance, a paramecium is asexual, not gender-free. [not-a-joke-e]

crwth

A noun in Welsh meaning crowd. (I know 'cause this is one of my favorite Scrabble secret weapons!)