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'''Hot {{w|Lick (music)|Lixx}}''' is a term used to describe playing [[heavy metal]] music on a guitar, similar to the [[onomatopoeia]]s "squeedlie" and "meedlie". | '''Hot {{w|Lick (music)|Lixx}}''' is a term used to describe playing [[heavy metal]] music on a guitar, similar to the [[onomatopoeia]]s "squeedlie" and "meedlie". | ||
| - | The term comes from a poster [[Mike Chapman]] owned as a teen, depicting a red guitar with smoking strings. This | + | The term comes from a poster [[Mike Chapman]] owned as a teen, depicting a red guitar with smoking strings. This may have been a poster for the [https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73541259&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch "Hot Lixx" clothing brand], which was active in the mid-to-late-1980s. |
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
| - | * '''Debut:''' Email [[guitar]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] describes playing hott lixx (note the alternative spelling) "way up high on the tiny strings" of a guitar. | + | *'''Debut:''' Email [[guitar]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] describes playing hott lixx (note the alternative spelling) "way up high on the tiny strings" of a guitar. |
| - | * Email [[personal favorites]] ([[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD Commentary]]) {{--}} [[The Brothers Chaps]] describe the [[Strong Bad Email Intros|intro music]] as "hot lixx", with [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] specifying the spelling and Mike telling the term's origin. | + | **The [[Podstar Runner 2006|Podstar Runner]] description reads "Ol' SB teaches you everything you need to know about shredding hot lixx." |
| - | * Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes the "Jagged Metal" haircut as depicting [[Strong Mad]] "shredding some hott lixx... with [his] teeth." | + | *Email [[personal favorites]] ([[personal favorites#Commentary Transcript|DVD Commentary]]) {{--}} [[The Brothers Chaps]] describe the [[Strong Bad Email Intros|intro music]] as "hot lixx", with [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] specifying the spelling and Mike telling the term's origin. |
| - | * [[Lappynapped!]] {{--}} Strong Bad's answering machine message requests "if you have any hot lixx, please shred them after the tone." | + | *Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes the "Jagged Metal" haircut as depicting [[Strong Mad]] "shredding some hott lixx... with [his] teeth." |
| - | * [[Limozeen vs. sloshy]] {{--}} [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"|Space]] [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] hits [[sloshy]]'s tour van with hot lixx by playing guitar, which causes [[the Space Machine]] to fire lasers | + | *[[Lappynapped!]] {{--}} Strong Bad's answering machine message requests "if you have any hot lixx, please shred them after the tone." |
| - | + | *[[Limozeen vs. sloshy]] {{--}} [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"|Space]] [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] hits [[sloshy]]'s tour van with hot lixx by playing guitar, which causes [[the Space Machine]] to fire lasers. | |
*{{postref|1370143798601334787|11|Mar|2021}} {{--}} Strong Bad interprets a portion of a neural net-generated image as him "lasering folk music with my hot lixx!" | *{{postref|1370143798601334787|11|Mar|2021}} {{--}} Strong Bad interprets a portion of a neural net-generated image as him "lasering folk music with my hot lixx!" | ||
[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] | ||
Current revision as of 22:57, 4 January 2023
Hot Lixx is a term used to describe playing heavy metal music on a guitar, similar to the onomatopoeias "squeedlie" and "meedlie".
The term comes from a poster Mike Chapman owned as a teen, depicting a red guitar with smoking strings. This may have been a poster for the "Hot Lixx" clothing brand, which was active in the mid-to-late-1980s.
[edit] Appearances
- Debut: Email guitar — Strong Bad describes playing hott lixx (note the alternative spelling) "way up high on the tiny strings" of a guitar.
- The Podstar Runner description reads "Ol' SB teaches you everything you need to know about shredding hot lixx."
- Email personal favorites (DVD Commentary) — The Brothers Chaps describe the intro music as "hot lixx", with Matt specifying the spelling and Mike telling the term's origin.
- Email haircut — Strong Bad describes the "Jagged Metal" haircut as depicting Strong Mad "shredding some hott lixx... with [his] teeth."
- Lappynapped! — Strong Bad's answering machine message requests "if you have any hot lixx, please shred them after the tone."
- Limozeen vs. sloshy — Space Gary hits sloshy's tour van with hot lixx by playing guitar, which causes the Space Machine to fire lasers.
- @StrongBadActual tweet (11 Mar 2021) — Strong Bad interprets a portion of a neural net-generated image as him "lasering folk music with my hot lixx!"
