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progg

progg noun: a left-wing, anticommercial musical movement in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.

Noun

progg (uncountable)

  1. A left-wing, anticommercial musical movement in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.

Origin of progg

Swedish, a contraction of progressiv musik (“progressive music”).

Questions about progg

What does progg mean?
Progg means a left-wing, anticommercial musical movement in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.
What part of speech is progg?
Progg is a noun.

Words near progg in the dictionary

  1. progestogen
  2. progestogen-only
  3. progestogenic
  4. progestogens
  5. progestomimetic
  6. progg
  7. progged
  8. progger
  9. proggers
  10. proggie
  11. proggier

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