Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daycore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: day-core
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"a daycore remix"
"Perhaps extending from their relative ubiquity on TikTok's predecessor Musical.ly, nightcore audios have a strong presence on the app; so do their opposites, "daycore" or "anti-nightcore" remixes, in which tracks are slowed down for a heady, sluggish effect."
"If you've heard of the reverb + slowed trend, congrats, you've been listening to music on YouTube. The slowed trend is just one of many YouTube music trends, earlier versions of which include Nightcore and Daycore."

Etymology

From day + -core, coined by analogy with nightcore (“a style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up and increasing its pitch”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: day

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

anti-nightcore

Antonyms

nightcore

Questions

What does daycore mean?: A plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
Where does daycore come from?: From day + -core, coined by analogy with nightcore (“a style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up and increasing its pitch”).

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