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city pop

city pop noun: a form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s, including influences such as funk, disco, R&B, AOR, soft rock, and boogie, and associated with the country's nascent economic boom and leisure class.

Noun

city pop (uncountable)

  1. a form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s, including influences such as funk, disco, R&B, AOR, soft rock, and boogie, and associated with the country's nascent economic boom and leisure class.

Origin of city pop

From Japanese シティ・ポップ (shiti poppu), itself from English city pop.

Questions about city pop

What does city pop mean?
City pop means a form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s, including influences such as funk, disco, R&B, AOR, soft rock, and boogie, and associated with the country's nascent economic boom and leisure class.
What part of speech is city pop?
City pop is a noun.

Words near city pop in the dictionary

  1. city on a hill
  2. City Park
  3. city pigeon
  4. city plan
  5. city plans
  6. city pop
  7. city proper
  8. City Road African
  9. City Road Africans
  10. city shitter
  11. city sim

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