NOT MUCH HOPE FOR THIS LOT

Personally, I find the erm as offensive as some do "Snigger snogwriter" - both are invariably used as terms of abuse and both are unnecessary
The technique of singing with their hands cupped over their ears is as old as history - some people favour it as an aid to their singing - the singing of some who sneer at it would be helped if they used it themselves (or something similar)
Constant mockery of the term throws up barriers around an extremely useful technique (as does the degrading of taking singing seriously, as the mockery is often intended to)
Our music doesn't deserve that
Jim Carroll