Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sophisti-pop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: so-phis-ti-pop
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The fact that the intellectual Green [Gartside] was also a friend and protégé of leading post-structuralist scholar, Jacques Derrida, served further to hype the postmodern playfulness of his sophisti-pop."

Etymology

Blend of sophisticated + pop, coined retrospectively.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sophisti-pop mean?: A subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK.
Where does sophisti-pop come from?: Blend of sophisticated + pop, coined retrospectively.

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