Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“I feel like a broken record, but I’m concerned about who we are.”
Actor Sarah Jessica Parker, speaking about the way she teaches her children to think for themselves and ask questions (Harpers Bazaar)
Definition
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saying the same thing over and over
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
When your grandparents were kids, there were no CDs. To hear music back then, you had to listen to records, and you played them on a turntable. Just like CDs, records could get scratched if you weren’t careful with them. Often, a scratch would cause the record to miss or jump over part of a song. Scratches could also make the record get stuck on certain words in a song, playing them over and over again until you fixed the problem.
Imagine hearing the same words, again and again. Could you listen to Lady Gaga sing “Bad Romance” five times in a row? Ten times? How about 100 times? Eventually, you’d get tired of it, even if you love Lady Gaga. You would want to fix your broken record.
Telling someone that they sound like a broken record is saying that you’re tired of hearing them say the same thing again and again. Like with “Bad Romance,” you don’t dislike the person speaking, but you’re ready to hear something new. If someone tells you that you sound like a broken record, it’s time to change the subject.
Sarah Jessica Parker often teaches her children the importance of thinking for themselves, maybe so often that she starts to sound like a broken record. But that’s OK with her. Sarah cares about what kind of people they grow up to be, and that is her way of doing it right.
Examples
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“My mom tells me to do well in school every day. She’s like a broken record!”
“I probably sound like a broken record, but I don’t want you to forget.”
“We know what she’s going to say, because she’s like a broken record when she talks about her job.”