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wombadelia

wombadelia noun: synonym of shoegazing.

Noun

wombadelia (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of shoegazing.
    • When My Bloody Valentine released their debut album Isn't Anything in 1988 they essentially created a new genre of rock that one may venture to call "wombadelia". At once ethereal and sexual, oceanic and astral, blissed-up and fucked up, beautiful and noisy, […]"1992 March, Dave Segal, “My Bloody Valentine: Rise of Wombadelia”, in Alternative Press, number 45, page 46
    • My Bloody Valentine is another group you may want to investigate if you are into the pretty-female-vocal-mixed-with-powerful-rhythms-and-high-density-sound genre (known in some critical circles as "wombadelia").1992 April 6, MXP...@psuvm.psu.edu, “Cranes”, in rec.music.misc (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    shoegazing

Synonyms of wombadelia

Origin of wombadelia

Blend of womb + psychedelia. Coined by Alternative Press' editor Dave Segal in 1992, to describe My Bloody Valentine's music.

Words formed from wombadelia

Questions about wombadelia

What does wombadelia mean?
Wombadelia means synonym of shoegazing.
What part of speech is wombadelia?
Wombadelia is a noun.

Words near wombadelia in the dictionary

  1. womb envy
  2. womb-brethren
  3. womb-brother
  4. womb-brothers
  5. womb-child
  6. wombadelia
  7. wombadelic
  8. womban
  9. Wombarra
  10. wombat
  11. Wombat Creek

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