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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)

  1. 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

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

  1. chap chye
  2. Chap laps
  3. chap lau chu
  4. chap lau chus
  5. chap someone's hide
  6. chap-hop
  7. chap-jee-kee
  8. chap-ji-kee
  9. chap-ji-ki
  10. chap.
  11. Chapa

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