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pop punk

pop punk noun: a genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.

Noun

pop punk (uncountable)

  1. A genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.
    • Last fall, Bring Me the Horizon kicked off a new era of their band with a standalone single called "DiE4u", which sounded like a a ^([sic]) heavy, metallic take on My Chemical Romance-style pop-punk mixed with the electronic flair of modern emo-rap.2022 July 6, Eli Enis, “See Bring Me the Horizon's Horrifying, NSFW Video for New Song "sTraNgeRs"”, in Revolver
    • Green Day’s petulant pop-punk album Dookie came out three years after that and moved another 10 million, as did a sweeping 1995 double album by Smashing Pumpkins.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Forms of pop punk

alternative formpop-punk

Words formed from pop punk

Questions about pop punk

What does pop punk mean?
Pop punk means a genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.
What part of speech is pop punk?
Pop punk is a noun.

Words near pop punk in the dictionary

  1. pop pills
  2. pop pop
  3. pop pops
  4. pop psych
  5. pop psychology
  6. pop punk
  7. pop quiz
  8. pop quizzes
  9. pop rivet
  10. pop rivets
  11. pop rock

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