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
Malina (2)mah-LEE-nah (Polish)Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish
Summanus-Roman Mythology
Pierrette-French
Fathi-Arabic
ShadrachSHAD-rak (English), SHAY-drak (English)Biblical
Idony-English (Archaic)