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<!-- ID = 85682 -->Snobby woman to teenage girls talking: Decrescendo, girls. Do you know what that means? It's an operatic term for "lower your voices."<br/>Teenage girl: Actually, "decrescendo" is a musical term for "get softer," and when you say get lower, you're actually referring to pitch, not volume.<br/><br/>--Metropolitan Opera Lobby<br/><br/>Overheard by: Maria<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Nov 15, 2008