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grandmacore

grandmacore noun: an aesthetic based on things stereotypically associated with grandmothers, including knitting, baking, etc.

Noun

grandmacore (uncountable)

  1. (aesthetic) An aesthetic based on things stereotypically associated with grandmothers, including knitting, baking, etc.
    • Cottagecore is related to grandmacore, faeriecore, farmcore and goblincore; other nostalgia-ridden aesthetic communities that, paradoxically, thrive on many of the most popular internet platforms of the day.2020 March 10, Isabel Slone, “Escape Into Cottagecore, Calming Ethos for Our Febrile Moment”, in The New York Times
    • Or perhaps baking bread, collecting trinkets, and putting doilies around the house sounds more like your speed. If so, there's a whole community of grandmacore lovers out there waiting for you.2023, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans (Object Lessons), New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 59

Origin of grandmacore

From grandma + -core.

Questions about grandmacore

What does grandmacore mean?
Grandmacore means an aesthetic based on things stereotypically associated with grandmothers, including knitting, baking, etc.
What part of speech is grandmacore?
Grandmacore is a noun.

Words near grandmacore in the dictionary

  1. grandly
  2. grandma
  3. grandma chic
  4. Grandma Moses
  5. grandma'am
  6. grandmacore
  7. grandmalike
  8. grandmama
  9. grandmamas
  10. grandmamaw
  11. grandmamma

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