poptimism
noun/ˈpɑptɪmɪzəm/US/ˈpɒptɪmɪzəm/UK
Etymology
Blend of pop + optimism.
Definitions
The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique…
The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique and interest.
- Rockism lost, and poptimism won. All cultural snootiness is now tedious.
- Soon poptimism—an ideology that maintained that authenticity was a pose and conventionally unserious music (and, later, film, TV and books) had inherent value—became the status quo.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for poptimism. 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