vaccinated with a Victrola needle



vaccinated with a Victrola needle

Someone who chatters incessantly. Victrola, a division of R.C.A. Victor, was a brand of phonograph players. Since phono records were played with needles that picked up the sound vibrations in the record's grooves, to be vaccinated with a Victrola needle, as the joke implied, was to be inoculated with the gift of nonstop gab.
See also: needle, vaccinate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Emiliee-MEE-lee-ə (German), e-MEE-lee-e (Norwegian), EM-i-lee (Swedish)German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Lyubochka-Russian, Ukrainian
Hillar-Estonian
Ceri (2)KE-riWelsh
Jing-Chinese
Elda-Italian