Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soulboy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soul-boy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adherent of any of a variety of British subcultures of the 1970s and 1980s that focused on soul or funk music and dancing, most notably the northern soul movement.

Example Sentences

"Paul Gorman: The soulboy emerged early- to mid-seventies. And he was one of the later outcrops of mod. Clothes-obsessed, dance music-obsessed, usually black music dance-obsessed."

Etymology

From soul + boy.

Inflected Forms

soulboys (plural)

Questions

What does soulboy mean?: An adherent of any of a variety of British subcultures of the 1970s and 1980s that focused on soul or funk music and dancing, most notably the northern soul movement.
Where does soulboy come from?: From soul + boy.

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