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I just noticed this referenced on pocket, and read it. Its from the New Yorker (originally titled "Noise Makers"). It may be of interest to many readers here. There isn't really anything all that new, here, but still might be worth checking out. Here I quote a paragraph that could be useful in tagging and describing sounds (I say could, but it forms a very niche jargon that most freesounders would never be familiar with). This should be short enough to be covered by "fair use" doctrine, I think:

Over time, Roesch, Roden, and Curtis have developed a lexicon to describe what they want. Sounds are poofy, slimy, or naturale; they might need to be slappier, or raspier, or nebby (nebulous). They are hingey, ticky, boxy, zippy, or clacky; they are tonal, tasty, punchy, splattery, smacky, spanky. They might be described phonetically—a “kachunk-kachunk-kachunk,” or a “scritcher”—or straightforwardly (“fake”). Tools, too, have their own names. Shings make shiny metallic sounds—a sword being drawn from its scabbard—and wronkers give the impression of metal sliding across a hard surface. “Like, chhhrtz,” Roesch clarified.

Find the full article by Anna Wiener here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/04/the-weird-analog-delights-of-foley-sound-effects

Tanks

I make Foley for free though you have to credit me in the movie.