vaccinated with a Victrola needle

vaccinated with a Victrola needle

old-fashioned Disposed to lengthy or endless chatter. A reference to the needle used on a Victrola, a brand of early record players, and the needle used to inoculate against infectious disease during vaccination. You'd think he was vaccinated with a Victrola needle from the way he yammers on like that. My mother says I was vaccinated with a Victrola needle, so please stop me if I start rambling.
See also: needle, vaccinate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

vaccinated with a Victrola needle

Someone who chatters incessantly. Victrola, a division of R.C.A. Victor, was a brand of phonograph players. Since phono records were played with needles that picked up the sound vibrations in the record's grooves, to be vaccinated with a Victrola needle, as the joke implied, was to be inoculated with the gift of nonstop gab.
See also: needle, vaccinate
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • vaccinated with a gramophone needle
  • come in
  • come in a certain position
  • come on in
  • (Is) this taken?
  • trying
  • be (flat) on (one's) back
  • (Is) that everything?
  • a little goes a long way
  • by half