English Explanatory Dictionary

seapunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s.
  2. A follower of the seapunk style.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-seapunk.wav

Word forms

seapunk seapunks

Etymology

From sea + -punk; compare earlier cyberpunk, steampunk. Coined by Brooklyn-based DJ Lil Internet, who tweeted about a surreal dream he had in June 2011 ("Seapunk leather jacket with barnacles where the studs used to be"), and later popularized as a Twitter hashtag.

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