chap-hop
chap-hop noun: a parodic musical genre that blends elements of hip-hop with steampunk and traditional English gentlemanly stereotypes.
Noun
chap-hop (uncountable)
- A parodic musical genre that blends elements of hip-hop with steampunk and traditional English gentlemanly stereotypes.
- Never wear plimsolls if not doing sport
Unless you're a chap-hop superstar sort2010, Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer, “Hail the Chap”, in I Say!, performed by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer - Any style of music can become steampunk if the story is right. Thus the rise of a seemingly incongruous pairing: steampunk rap, or chap-hop.2013, Julie Anne Taddeo, Cynthia J. Miller, Steaming into a Victorian Future, page 90
- Never wear plimsolls if not doing sport
Origin of chap-hop
Blend of chap + hip-hop.
Questions about chap-hop
- What does chap-hop mean?
- Chap-hop means a parodic musical genre that blends elements of hip-hop with steampunk and traditional English gentlemanly stereotypes.
- What part of speech is chap-hop?
- Chap-hop is a noun.
Words near chap-hop in the dictionary
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