Ah! It took a while but I finally got it. The definition of a mandolin. That's a little guitar with funny strings that is mostly played by middle-aged people at churches whose title starts with "United" or "First". You know, United Methodist or First Assembly of something-or other. Subsidiary options, but not required, are: just-got-out-of-the-corps haircut, beady eyes, and accompanying photos of twin cousins, preferably cheery looking white girls.
PS: I also got another unsolicited photo of somebody called Tiffany Ding. Tiffany? What's that short for? Says she wants to become a model and "own a food truck". Kind of parallel careers, I suppose. "Here's your hot dog, Mr. Stanger, and complimentary snapshot of me in shower. Arigato gozi masu! Fifty dollar please."