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cluttercore

cluttercore noun: an interior design trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, based on densely filling spaces with personal objects and decorative items, resulting in a vibrant and eclectic arrangement of contrasting colours and textures.

Noun

cluttercore (uncountable)

  1. (TikTok aesthetic) An interior design trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, based on densely filling spaces with personal objects and decorative items, resulting in a vibrant and eclectic arrangement of contrasting colours and textures.
    • Howard, who works from home, has witnessed (among other things) what she calls a “renaissance” in encyclopedias used as laptop stands. In some corners of social media, such reappraisal of forgotten belongings goes by another name: cluttercore. On TikTok, videos hashtagged #cluttercore have almost...2020 October 16, Morwenna Ferrier, “Cluttercore: the pandemic trend for celebrating stuff, mess and comfort”, in The Guardian

Origin of cluttercore

From clutter + -core.

Questions about cluttercore

What does cluttercore mean?
Cluttercore means an interior design trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, based on densely filling spaces with personal objects and decorative items, resulting in a vibrant and eclectic arrangement of contrasting colours and textures.
What part of speech is cluttercore?
Cluttercore is a noun.

Words near cluttercore in the dictionary

  1. CLUTs
  2. clutter
  3. clutter up
  4. clutter-free
  5. Clutterbuck
  6. cluttercore
  7. cluttered
  8. cluttered up
  9. clutteredness
  10. clutterer
  11. clutterers

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