stuck record

English

Etymology

Suggesting the situation where a gramophone needle slips and repeatedly plays the same portion of a vinyl record.

Noun

stuck record (plural stuck records)

1. (figurative) A person who repeatedly says the same thing.

   Synonym: broken record

   • 1997, Lyn Andrews, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, volume 28, page 60:

     These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record.

   • 2010, Aliya Whiteley, Light Reading:

     I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again.

   • 2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret:

     Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'

Translations

broken record — see broken record