Typically it means to play a song so much that your interest in it degrades, but the word's meaning is not limited to just music. Almost anything that you can "play" can become less interesting if you do it too much. Video games, sports, etc.
Unless you have a strong passion for something, then you normally can do it as much as you can and your interest in it will never decay. For example, gamers that somehow main the same game for years.
A very similar word is overuse.
Example 1: (Just imagine any song playing in a car) I mean this is a good song, but it's slightly annoying now because my favourite radio station overplays it. It's like every 5 minutes they play this goddamn song.
Example 2: I used to love Carpenter Brut to a point where I couldn't stop listening to their music. But i overplayed their songs so they're not as enjoyable as I remember.
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used to describe a hit song that is played on the radio (in stores, on the internet, on iTunes, at parties, etc.) numerous times to the point of annoyance.
I Gotta Feeling...again? Jeez! That song is SO overplayed!
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When someone keeps playing the same joke over and over.
Wow Vic, putting that pumpkin in my chair for the 3rd day in a row is overplayed.
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The hipster's excuse for liking a popular song.
Ugh, this song is so overplayed." "Do you like it? "It's overplayed." "Yes, but do you like it? "It's just really overplayed." "But do you like it?" "...yesOH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?
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Songs that are played on the radio too many times for the average human being to physically, and mentally, bear.
Oh my god turn that 'Happy' song off, if I have to listen to another 30 minutes of radio overplay bullshit I think I'm gonna shit my pants.
This is when someone spins you that you made plans with to go be with someone else. A great lie told to keep oneself out of the dog house or look good in front of a certain group of people. Giving an elaborate excuse that's usually not true for why you can't , didn't , or won't be able to do something.
Saturday I had two girls coming over at the same time so I had to think quick and told one that my cousin was in the hospital but that was just the "underlay for the overplay" so I didn't get busted.
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When an artist, sometimes one that ultimately sucks, is played so much that other artists aren't even discovered on the radio, and a lot of people never hear of them. Victims include:
12 Stones
Every Avenue
Atreyu
Pushmonkey
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Arsonists Get All the Girls
Love and Theft
Civil Twilight
Red
Causes include:
Bad-
Justin Bieber
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Good-
Three Days Grace
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Radio-only listener: 12 Stones? Who are they?
Me: A kick ass band who apparently suffers from Secondary Overplay Syndrome.
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