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post-punk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
post-punk
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A performer or aficionado of post-punk music.

Countable

adj

After the punk movement.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English punk English post-punk From post- + punk.

Usage

Inflected Forms

post-punks (plural) postpunk (alternative)

Phrases

post-punk revival

Questions

What does post-punk mean?
A rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.
Where does post-punk come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English punk English post-punk From post- + punk.

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