A question.

[andpuff]

You know the drum emphasis after someone makes a joke... that ba dum Bump?

What's that called?

It's not a drum roll.  Or a drum beat.

Erg.

At the moment, I'm going with:  Charlie mimed a drum response.   But that's definitely a rough draft place holder.

Anyone?  Bueller?

ETA:  And we have a winner.  Except it wasn't actually a contest.  The word I

Comments

[pocketnaomi]

I've heard that occasionally too, though mostly on the west coast. Seems to be a Californianism which may have spread from there.

[andpuff]

Rim-shot! Thank you! Y'all just made the acknowledgement page!

[ext_209138]

Firefox is saying otherwise, but I don't believe it's hyphenated, actually.

[downtime_mayhem]

Just have to comment on the awesome that is an icon mixing Mulan and Hufflepuff. ^__^

[apostle_of_eris]

(You beat me to it.)