Britpop
English
noun
Definitions
- A British alternative rock movement from the mid-1990s, characterised by influences from the 1960s and 1970s, catchy hooks, the glamour of earlier pop stardom, and the sense of creating a soundtrack to the lives of a new generation of British youth.
Etymology
Prefix from English pop (sharp sound, make burst with a loud, affectionate form of father, loud, popular, stand out, fizzy drink).
Origin
English
pop
Gloss
sharp sound, make burst with a loud, affectionate form of father, loud, popular, stand out, fizzy drink
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
🎤 📢 🔊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afropop English
- Austropop English
- Britpopper English
- Britpoppy English
- Europop English
- J-pop English
- K-pop English
- Popeye English
- V-pop English
- antipop English
- bitpop English
- cyberpop English
- electropop English
- futurepop English
- grandpop English
- joypop English
- megapop English
- pop English
- pop shop English
- pop-pop English
- popadelic English
- popcraft English
- popeye English
- popeyed English
- pophole English
- popify English
- popless English
- poplike English
- popmobility English
- popout English
- poppable English
- popper English
- poppish English
- popskull English
- popslash English
- popsmith English
- popster English
- poptastic English
- popweed English
- repop English
- squidpop English
- synthpop English
- technopop English
- ultrapop English
- unpop English
- Brit Dutch, Flemish
- britpop Dutch, Flemish
- pop Dutch, Flemish
- ポップ Japanese
- pop Middle English
- poppur Faroese
- pop
- V-pop
- K-pop
- repop
- unpop
- J-pop
- joypop
- popify
- bitpop
- popout
- Popeye
- popper
- popeye
- poppish
- megapop
- pop-pop
- Europop
- antipop
- pophole
- popeyed
- popless
- popweed
- poplike
- Afropop
- popster
- pop shop
- squidpop
- popcraft
- ultrapop
- popsmith
- grandpop
- synthpop
- cyberpop
- poppable
- popslash
- popskull
- futurepop
- poptastic
- technopop
- Britpoppy
- popadelic
- Austropop
- Britpopper
- electropop
- popmobility