neopunk

noun — 2 senses

neopunk

noun

Etymology From neo- + punk.

1

A more recent style or subculture descended from punk.

  • I want to thank Daniel Emberley for his design for my piece "The New Harmony" (GCN, March 23). I liked the asymmetry, the neo-punk block graphics, and the way the illustrations were spaced.1985 April 13, Scott Tucker, “Praise for the Designer”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
  • Today's legion of neopunk bands play music marked by three chords and simple melodies. They have taken the genre into the mainstream.1999, Walt Mueller, Understanding Today's Youth Culture, page 118:
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  • The temporal incongruity of her body suggested that she simply did not identify with what I would have taken to be her own emergent peer culture of neopunk polymorphs, Queer Nationals, Riot Grrrls, and so on […]2010, Mandy Merck, Stella Sandford, Further Adventures of The Dialectic of Sex, page 256:
2

A proponent of such a style or subculture.

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