English Explanatory Dictionary

vaporwave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of electronic music and visual arts style that emerged in the early 2010s. As a musical genre, it evolved from chillwave and seapunk with influences from lounge music, elevator music, smooth jazz, and 1980s dance-pop. As an aesthetic, it is influenced by 1990s web design and digital art, anime, and cyberpunk.

Pronunciation

/ˈveɪ.pə.weɪv/ /ˈveɪ.pɚ.weɪv/

Word forms

vaporwave vapourwave

Etymology

From vapor(ware) + -wave.

Related words

Simpsonwave
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