The word repeat is translated from English as "repetition". But the situations in which the word can be used are quite different. Increasingly, in modern music you can hear such an expression as "on repeat". What does this mean?
Who popularized the phrase?
The expression "on repeat" was used not so long ago. For the first time it began to appear in the lyrics of Russian rap artists. In American street culture, the term repeat has been known for a long time, but Russian musicians, having borrowed the word, did not translate it into Russian and left it phonetically the same as it was. This expression is used by both "yard" performers and high-class rappers, such as Oxxymiron, LSP and others.
What does the word "on repeat" mean?
"On repeat" means "on repeat". That is, when they say that something is "on repeat", it is understood that some thing is repeated.
You can often hear the expression "song on repeat". The point is that in manyMusic players have a Repeat button, when pressed, the player will play the same song of your choice. "On repeat in the head" means that a person liked some song so much that it spins non-stop in his head - a familiar situation, isn't it?
The phrase "on repeat" doesn't just apply to songs. Sometimes it refers to some events or life situations that made an indelible impression on a person. Unforgettable events that do not leave a person for a long time and scroll through his head. If they are negative, then they "gnaw" a person, do not let him go, and if they are positive, they give vital energy and charge him with positive.
In rap compositions on the theme of unhappy love, this expression can be interpreted as unquenched feelings for the object of love, which "scroll" in the soul again and again.
The expression "on repeat" can be applied to all kinds of creative events (most often these are hip-hop concerts). The exclamation "on repeat" is equated to the well-known "encore". This phrase is used at concerts of alternative and pop artists, at rock concerts such an exclamation is not allowed.
Sometimes you can hear the phrase: "What are you repeating here?" or "You're already on repeat with me!" They are used in cases where the interlocutor persistently repeats the same thing, greatly annoying the other person. Synonyms of the word: "taldychit", "repeat","to repeat".
Phrases from songs
- "Pizza" - "Lift": "And the networks don't work, gloomy February is on repeat".
- ESTRADARADA - "Vitya needs to go out": "Vitya on repeat".
- "YarmaK" - "On repeat": "And this track will play on repeat".
- FEYA - RETWEET: "She listens to my track on repeat".
