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crab-core

crab-core is the rare form of crabcore.

Meaning of crabcore

Noun

crabcore (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, humorous) The supposed musical genre of metalcore (especially electronicore) guitarists who adopt a low squatting pose with spread legs.
    • But, unlike all the other genres covered in this column, crabcore isn't defined by sonics or BPMs or lyrical content, or tied to a geographic location. Crabcore is defined by the body contortions of the band's guitarists when they perform.2009 June 23, John McDonnell, “Scene and heard: Crabcore”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about crab-core

What is crab-core the rare form of?
Crab-core is the rare form of crabcore.

Words near crab-core in the dictionary

  1. crab yaws
  2. crab's eye
  3. crab's eyes
  4. crab-apple
  5. crab-apples
  6. crab-core
  7. crab-eater
  8. crab-eater seal
  9. crab-eaters
  10. crab-eating fox
  11. crab-eating foxes

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