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neo-glam

neo-glam noun: a contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.

Noun

neo-glam (uncountable)

  1. A contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.
    • As befits its neo-glam reputation, this month’s English Band of the Century travels with only carry-on luggage. Suede’s glamour, though, is of a distinctly seedy stripe.1993 May 27, Steven Daly, “Suede: All That Glitters”, in Rolling Stone
    • The foyer of the Colston Hall – soon to be rebranded to exorcise the spectre of the slave trader it is named after – plays host to, in their words, “the most incongruous sight in the history of popular music”: neo-glam troupe HMLTD, who you suspect would rather be playing a Transylvanian castle...2017 October 23, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Simple Things festival review – neo-glam, power punk and the giddy glow of trance”, in The Guardian

Origin of neo-glam

From neo- + glam.

Questions about neo-glam

What does neo-glam mean?
Neo-glam means a contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.
What part of speech is neo-glam?
Neo-glam is a noun.

Words near neo-glam in the dictionary

  1. neo-Freudianism
  2. neo-futurism
  3. neo-futurist
  4. neo-futuristic
  5. neo-geo
  6. neo-glam
  7. neo-Gothic
  8. Neo-Greek
  9. neo-Gricean
  10. Neo-Hawaiian
  11. Neo-Hawaiians

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