Word.ws English Dictionary

mallcore

mallcore noun: popular music that is overproduced, mainstream, corporately controlled, etc., as opposed to popular music that is independent or artistic.

Noun

mallcore (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Popular music that is overproduced, mainstream, corporately controlled, etc., as opposed to popular music that is independent or artistic.
    • […]a time when the hardcore scene badly needs to overthrow the mallcore bands, the naughty yet non-threatening pop punk groups who wear their tattoos like designer labels instead of inner scars.2004, Ian Christe, Sound of the beast
  2. (derogatory, informal) nu metal.
    • Troves of angst-ridden, mall-invading teens adopted Slipknot as their patron-saint back in 1999 (when the band’s self-titled debut came out), instantly earning the band a “mallcore” seal of disapproval by their critics2009, Munson the Destroyer, WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE TO HATE SLIPKNOT

mallcore meaning in Bengali

mallcore in Bengali

মূলধারার, কর্পোরেট দ্বারা নিয়ন্ত্রিত ইত্যাদি, নু মেটাল

Origin of mallcore

From mall + -core, since it may be played as background music in shopping centres.

Questions about mallcore

What does mallcore mean?
Mallcore means popular music that is overproduced, mainstream, corporately controlled, etc., as opposed to popular music that is independent or artistic.
What is mallcore in Bengali?
Mallcore in Bengali is মূলধারার, কর্পোরেট দ্বারা নিয়ন্ত্রিত ইত্যাদি, নু মেটাল. See Mallcore meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mallcore?
Mallcore is a noun.

Words near mallcore in the dictionary

  1. Mallaris
  2. mallarky
  3. Mallarméan
  4. Mallas
  5. mallassus
  6. mallcore
  7. malle
  8. malleabilities
  9. malleability
  10. malleabilization
  11. malleabilize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mallcore (page history and authors); mallcore (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mallcore.wav.

Cite this entry: “mallcore.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mallcore. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.