cold wave
noun1
A short period of very cold weather.
2
A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Alternative Alternative spelling of coldwave (“European post-punk music sub-genre”).
- Not so much forgotten as little heard in the first place, cold wave – and its dancier, synth-powered cousin, minimal wave – finds its roots in early 80s France.2009 July 13, Louis Pattison, “Scene and heard: Cold wave”, in The Guardian: