-core
suffixEtymology Back-formation from hardcore (“hardcore punk, a particularly fast and intense form of punk rock”).
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Morpheme Denoting a genre of music, especially one influenced by hardcore music.
- gloom + -core → gloomcore
- metal + -core → metalcore
2 more examples
- rap + -core → rapcore
- speed + -core → speedcore
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Broadly, Morpheme Denoting a genre, movement, subculture, or group.
- maso(chist) + -core → masocore (“a genre of games where survival and winning are intentionally made extremely difficult”)
- mumble + -core → mumblecore (“an American independent film movement or subgenre, characterised by low-budget production, etc.”)
2 more examples
- nerd + -core → nerdcore (“the most dedicated nerds”)
- homo + -core → homocore (“an artistic and musical movement dealing with issues of sexual and gender prejudice”)
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Internet, Morpheme Denoting an aesthetic or vibe.
- cottage + -core → cottagecore
- grandma + -core → grandmacore
2 more examples
- norm + -core → normcore
- trauma + -core → traumacore
- Derived terms
- core ()