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tavernwave

tavernwave noun: synonym of bardcore.

Noun

tavernwave (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of bardcore.
    • When it played on-air, that particular Shakira cover ended up being our most reacted to song via the textline for the day. 'WTF's aside, the consensus was that the Tavernwave was a vibe:2021 February 27, Olivia Ho, “What in heaven is Bardcore and why dost thou love it?”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2022
    • Though mediaeval music covers have been around since before the pandemic, the bardcore trend - also known as tavernwave - dates back to April last year, as the world was succumbing to coronavirus.[2021 May 12, Claire Bracken, “Shakira, but make it mediaeval: Bardcore takes today's music back in time”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022
    Synonyms:
    bardcore

Synonyms of tavernwave

Origin of tavernwave

From tavern + -wave (“applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics”).

Questions about tavernwave

What does tavernwave mean?
Tavernwave means synonym of bardcore.
What part of speech is tavernwave?
Tavernwave is a noun.

Words near tavernwave in the dictionary

  1. tavernous
  2. tavernry
  3. taverns
  4. tavernward
  5. tavernwards
  6. tavernwave
  7. Taveta
  8. Taveta golden weaver
  9. Taveta golden weavers
  10. Taveta weaver
  11. Tavghi

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