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dieselpunk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
dieselpunk
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community).

Uncountable

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Etymology

From diesel + -punk.

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does dieselpunk mean?
A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community).
Where does dieselpunk come from?
From diesel + -punk.

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