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shitgaze

/ˈʃɪtˌɡeɪz/

shitgaze noun: a genre of rock music with very heavy distortion and lo-fi recording.

Noun

shitgaze (uncountable)

  1. A genre of rock music with very heavy distortion and lo-fi recording.
    • Finding the sweetness in the shitgaze pile Times New Viking have truly mastered the no-fi game: No matter how they defile their sound (with razor blades, broken glass, tape hiss), they make sure there's bubblegum at the center.2009, Jessica Suarez, review of Times New Viking Born Again Revisited, SPIN, page 86
    Synonyms:
    no-fi

Synonyms of shitgaze

Origin of shitgaze

From shit + -gaze.

Questions about shitgaze

What does shitgaze mean?
Shitgaze means a genre of rock music with very heavy distortion and lo-fi recording.
What part of speech is shitgaze?
Shitgaze is a noun.
How do you pronounce shitgaze?
Shitgaze is pronounced /ˈʃɪtˌɡeɪz/.

Words near shitgaze in the dictionary

  1. shitfully
  2. shitfulness
  3. shitfuls
  4. shitgame
  5. shitgames
  6. shitgaze
  7. shitgibbon
  8. shitgibbons
  9. shitgoblin
  10. shitgoblins
  11. shitguzzler

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