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gothabilly

gothabilly noun: a musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc).

Noun

gothabilly (countable and uncountable, plural gothabillies)

  1. (uncountable) A musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc).
  2. (countable) A member of this subculture.
    • To understand the Gothabilly style, take the aforementioned descriptions and add a dash of darkness. Gothabillys add makeup to the ensemble and stick to darker shades of clothing—like black!2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 27

Forms of gothabilly

pluralgothabillies

Origin of gothabilly

Blend of goth + rockabilly.

Questions about gothabilly

What does gothabilly mean?
Gothabilly means a musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc).
What part of speech is gothabilly?
Gothabilly is a noun.
What is the plural of gothabilly?
The plural of gothabilly is gothabillies.

Words near gothabilly in the dictionary

  1. goth venue
  2. goth-like
  3. Goth.
  4. Gotha
  5. gothabillies
  6. gothabilly
  7. Gotham
  8. Gothamist
  9. Gothamists
  10. Gothamite
  11. Gothamites

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