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sound-bited (verb) : Quoted without context in an oral media.

Some scholars . . ., sound-bited or quoted out of context once too often, refuse to talk to the media about their area of expertise. —unpublished manuscript

Submitted by: wordwright on Jun. 07, 2007 17:43

soundscape (noun) : The auditory field experienced and interacted with by an auditory organism, usu the gestalt of the sounds heard by a human within a certain environment or over a certain period of time

Natives of Amazonia can identify the presence of hundreds of organisms just from the soundscape, as well as things like whether it might rain or if a predator is about. (my sentence) —Tim Friend (but I think he borrowed), book Animal Talk: Breaking the Codes..., 2004

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 28, 2005 15:41

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