Bellgrade

Bellgrade: noun. Bellgrade is a measure of the quality of the tuning of bells of different shapes and sizes. In technical terms, the Bellgrade scale goes from one to eighty four with one being the highest tuning quality and eighty four being the absolute worst. However, this scale is rather theoretical as there have been no bells so far that have been tuned so badly as to earn a bellgrade of eighty four and there have been none that have gained a bellgrade of one either. The worst recorded bellgrade was given to a bell in Serbia which was tuned so badly that it only made a "clunk" noise, thereby earning a grade of sixty two. The best bell, on the other hand, exists in Kathmandu with a bellgrade of four, but its sound has only been estimated as no one ever dared to ring it because of its extreme holiness. The reason for the lowest bellgrade being eighty four is not too scientific though. In fact, the absolute minimum was completely arbitrary just like forty two, the answer to the universe.