yarl

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/jɑɹl/ (US)

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/jɑɹl/ (US) · /jɑː(ɹ)l/ (UK)

Definition of yarl

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.

“So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl' amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.”
“One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.”

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noun

A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.

“So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl' amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.”
“One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.”

verb

To sing in this manner.

“On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."”

name

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.

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