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turbo-folk

turbo-folk noun: a music genre combining Serbian folk music with more modern pop music elements.

Noun

turbo-folk (uncountable)

  1. A music genre combining Serbian folk music with more modern pop music elements.

Origin of turbo-folk

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian, turbo- + folk, coined by Rambo Amadeus in 1988.

Questions about turbo-folk

What does turbo-folk mean?
Turbo-folk means a music genre combining Serbian folk music with more modern pop music elements.
What part of speech is turbo-folk?
Turbo-folk is a noun.

Words near turbo-folk in the dictionary

  1. turbo yeast
  2. turbo yeasts
  3. turbo-
  4. turbo-capitalism
  5. turbo-electric
  6. turbo-folk
  7. turbo-generator
  8. turbo-generators
  9. turbo-ramjet
  10. turbo-ramjets
  11. turboalternator

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