positive punk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gothic rock.

Word forms

positive punk

Etymology

So called because it lacked the nihilistic aggression of the wider subculture. Coined by English journalist, author and musician Richard Cabut in 1983.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.