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neopunk

noun

Etymology

From neo- + punk.

Definitions

  1. A more recent style or subculture descended from punk.

    • I want to thank Daniel Emberley for his design for my piece "The New Harmony" (GCN, March 23). I liked the asymmetry, the neo-punk block graphics, and the way the illustrations were spaced.
    • Today's legion of neopunk bands play music marked by three chords and simple melodies. They have taken the genre into the mainstream.
    • The temporal incongruity of her body suggested that she simply did not identify with what I would have taken to be her own emergent peer culture of neopunk polymorphs, Queer Nationals, Riot Grrrls, and so on […]

  2. A proponent of such a style or subculture.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for neopunk. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA