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stuck_record

stuck record

English

Noun

stuck record (plural stuck records)

  1. (figuratively) A person who repeatedly says the same thing.
    • 1997, Lyn Andrews, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series (volume 28, page 60)
      These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record.
    • 2010, Aliya Whiteley, Light Reading
      I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again.
    • 2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret
      Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'

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