popstream

noun

Etymology

Blend of pop + mainstream.

  1. derived from *srew-
  2. inherited from *srowmos
  3. inherited from *straumaz
  4. inherited from *straum
  5. inherited from strēam
  6. inherited from streem
  7. compounded as mainstream — “main + stream
  8. compounded as popstream — “pop + mainstream

Definitions

  1. The musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.

    • Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
    • Genuine remixers of sound and traditions, and typically estranged from the cultural popstream, each of these cultural brokers maintained vast collections of fresh material enabled by networks of exchange […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for popstream. 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