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psychobilly

psychobilly noun: a genre of popular music, blending rockabilly with punk rock, containing grotesque or humorous lyrics which often draw heavily on the imagery of science fiction and horror films of the 1950s.

Noun

psychobilly (uncountable)

  1. A genre of popular music, blending rockabilly with punk rock, containing grotesque or humorous lyrics which often draw heavily on the imagery of science fiction and horror films of the 1950s.

Origin of psychobilly

Blend of psycho + rockabilly.

Words formed from psychobilly

Phrases with psychobilly

Questions about psychobilly

What does psychobilly mean?
Psychobilly means a genre of popular music, blending rockabilly with punk rock, containing grotesque or humorous lyrics which often draw heavily on the imagery of science fiction and horror films of the 1950s.
What part of speech is psychobilly?
Psychobilly is a noun.

Words near psychobilly in the dictionary

  1. psychobabbling
  2. psychobabblish
  3. psychobabbly
  4. psychobehavioral
  5. psychobehavioural
  6. psychobilly
  7. psychobilly wedge
  8. psychobiochemical
  9. psychobiochemistry
  10. psychobiographer
  11. psychobiographers

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