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antirock

adj, noun — 2 senses

antirock

adj

Etymology From anti- + rock.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Opposed to rock music

  • In their darkest hour, the antirock interests received a gift from the gods: the quiz-show scandal of 1958.2002 October 11, Cliff Doerksen, “Same Old Song and Dance”, in Chicago Reader:

antirock

noun

Etymology From anti- + rock.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Rock music that deliberately goes against the usual conventions of the genre

  • Ut's slippery, semi-improvised antirock was shrill and swampy, an unpredictable amalgam of loose strumming and phantom sputtering.2006 November 10, Jessica Hopper, “Ten Under the Radar”, in Chicago Reader:

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