SIREN SONG

PRONUNCIATION: (SYR-uhn song)

MEANING: noun: An enticing appeal that ultimately leads to disaster.

ETYMOLOGY: From Siren, one of a group of sea nymphs, whose enchanting singing lured sailors to shipwreck on the rocks around their island. Also see femme fatale. Earliest documented use: 1568.
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STIREN' SONG - a real tear-jerker

SIRE NO SONG - words from the Jester with laryngitis

SIREN BONG - too many smokers at once really make it wail