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squeecore

squeecore noun: a sappy, lightweight style of speculative fiction focused on wish fulfilment, with the deliberate use of genre tropes and pop culture, etc. at the expensive of realism and deep characterization.

Noun

squeecore (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A sappy, lightweight style of speculative fiction focused on wish fulfilment, with the deliberate use of genre tropes and pop culture, etc. at the expensive of realism and deep characterization.

Origin of squeecore

squee + -core, coined in R. S. Benedict's Rite Gud podcast.

Questions about squeecore

What does squeecore mean?
Squeecore means a sappy, lightweight style of speculative fiction focused on wish fulfilment, with the deliberate use of genre tropes and pop culture, etc. at the expensive of realism and deep characterization.
What part of speech is squeecore?
Squeecore is a noun.

Words near squeecore in the dictionary

  1. squeasy
  2. squeaziness
  3. squeazy
  4. Squedunk
  5. squee
  6. squeecore
  7. squeed
  8. Squeedunk
  9. squeege
  10. squeeged
  11. squeegee

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