greebo

Noun

grebo (countable and uncountable, plural grebos)

1. (UK, West-Midlands, countable, dated, slang) A greaser or biker.
2. (UK, West-Midlands, countable, slang) A member of an alternative subculture, typically one based on rock music, as opposed to a chav or townie.
   • But the realistic side stepped in — y'know, if you're on the point of giving birth, you don't really need a bunch of grebos playing some dodgy old music downstairs.2002, Glyn Brown, “Baxter Dury: Chip off the old Blockhead”, in The Independent on Sunday

   Synonyms:

   emo, goth, greeber, mosher, rocker

3. (UK, countable, slang) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
   • The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes […]1998, "Bill Jillians", alt.journalism.gonzo (Internet newsgroup)
4. (uncountable) A short-lived subgenre of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip-hop, and psychedelia.
   • […] they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock" […]1995, Colin Larkin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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