Etymology

xenochrony

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Today it means: A studio technique where a guitar solo or other musical part is transposed into a completely different song. Full definition →

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From xeno- (“alien”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), coined by Frank Zappa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.