vibes

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Probably Blur or The Specials, just because their vibes are amazing.

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  1. plural noun A vibraphone.

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  • Even non-metas can sometimes pick up the vibes, the mind-pictures or subvocal speech or emotional surges. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • He'd learned from Rourke to trust your vibes, your own sense and what they added up to, whatever the others felt. —  The Doomsayer  The Survivalist #
  • The brothers in the front rooms said he was giving out bad vibes, and upsetting an important group meditation, and they gave him a cup of tea and put him out with his sleeping bag. —  Analog March, 1971
  • A new crank has smoothed vibes, and touch extra power is not instantly noticeable but welcome all the same.
  • I'm really a toy slut … pretty vibes are great but I really just want the orgasm. —  Bad Bad Girl
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  1. Shortening and alteration of vibraphone.
 

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