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The OP whose post escaped containment is set to "logged in users only", as were the quote-skeets that showed up on my timeline. I have found some examples for demonstration purposes:

Slightly diminish a band: Neutral Milk Air BnB

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— S.R. Lee (she/her) (srleeauthor.com) August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM

I enjoyed this CanCon specific list, although I don't recognise all of the bands:

Canadian version:

The Guess How
The Unfortunate Hip
Hurry
April Cider
Nude Women
Martha and the Biscuits
Men without Toques
Crayon Square
The Walleye
Big Sweetener
Fairly Damp

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— ShariM (thedanglybits) August 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM

A "visible to logged in users only" post provided "Moderately Sized Sea", which I also enjoyed.

I enjoyed seeing how many close variations on "Sternly Worded Letter to the Machine", "Foo Complainers", "They Might Be Taller than Average" and "Scantily Clad Ladies" there were. I enjoy seeing lots of people enthusiastically making the same joke, I feel it says something endearing about the social function of wordplay.

The ones which ought to be both amusing and repetitive but are neither because there isn't a clear "slightly diminished" option were also interesting. Blush, Rose, and Salmon Floyd were all attested, but so was Beige Floyd. I liked Deep Lavender, but it only came up once, unlike the Floyds. Both "Unseasoned Girls" and "Seasoned Girls" are attested. There is no concensus on the slight diminishment of Pearl Jam (Oyster Jam? Mother-of-Pearl Jam? Pearl Jelly?). Many people are wrong, I submit, with offerings such as "carressing pumpkins" (the people who say "mashing", "bruising", etc are correctly identifying slight diminishment).

"U1" was repetitive and not particularly funny, but the dryness of this contribution tickles me:

Duran

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— Gregory Crosby (monostich) August 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Also very amusing in its understatement:

Bap!

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— Britality (britality) August 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM

I believe this is my funniest contribution, although I am going to subject you to the Aus-specific list as well:

Consort

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— Az (amisamileandme) August 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM

Also very funny of me, I believe:

Sting and the Traffic Wardens

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— Az (amisamileandme) August 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM

AusContent Slightly Diminished Bands:

Alternating Current

Reasonable Bedtime

The Frasers

Multiple Occupancy Dwelling

Duke Gizzard and the Lizard Hedge-witch

Employees On Break

The Benevolent Spirits

Ambulance Blues

Wooden Stool

Feral Yard

Refrigerator

Collective of the Middle Aged

Backstroke

Someone else went for "Pewterchair", and I agree, Wooden Stool might be more than slightly diminished.

I was really stuck on one particular band, but it the answer has finally occurred to me.

Slightly Diminished AusCon Bands, Addenda:

Ruminator

The actual winner of this mediocre pun game must surely be locked-to-logged-in poster eggbert dot bluesky dot social with "Slightly diminish a band: The E♭ Street Band", for introducing a secondary pun on theme.

Someone else came up with a more accessible version of "Reasonable Bedtime" but I maintain I'm more in the spirit of the actual band title. "Ambulance Blues" isn't funny at all, but gives me a sense of satisfaction anyway (I checked my lore on the Aus band, then read a Rolling Stone retrospective about a US-Canadian artist... and now I know more about both!).

Meanwhile a DIFFERENT locked-to-logged-in user was making jokes about Mustang Sally, and that is how I, at today years old, learned that that is not a song about a woman and her strong bond with a formerly-feral horse which lacks decorum.

Upon looking up Mustang Sally, I discovered:

- I have been misattributing it to Joe Cocker for many years
- The version I recognise is from a movie soundtrack about working-class Irish youth singing RNB???



and also

- The whole movie tie-in album for the movie The Commitments is actually pretty fun.

Anyway that has kept me amused today in tiny phone-checking breaks.

Please, slightly diminish your favourite bands for me.