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glamcore

glamcore noun: a style of glamorous rock music; glam rock.

Noun

glamcore (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A style of glamorous rock music; glam rock.
    • In the studio with screeching glamcore act the Rapture, the DFA shreds the band's tracks and reconstructs them from the ground up. The Rapture single "House of Jealous Lovers" began as a generally unassuming garage-rock tune.2002, SPIN, volume 18, number 7, page 86
    • […] We like fashion because it's nonsense, but done with a flair that's missing in the rock world.' This attitude and regard for sartorial elegance led some critics to dismiss the Urge's glamcore sound as throwaway.2001, Everett True, Live Through This: American Rock Music in the Nineties, page 180

Origin of glamcore

From glam + -core.

Questions about glamcore

What does glamcore mean?
Glamcore means a style of glamorous rock music; glam rock.
What part of speech is glamcore?
Glamcore is a noun.

Words near glamcore in the dictionary

  1. glambassadors
  2. glamberries
  3. glamberry
  4. Glambert
  5. Glamberts
  6. glamcore
  7. glamfest
  8. glamfests
  9. glamify
  10. Glamis
  11. glammed

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