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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of rock music characterized chiefly by performers who wear flamboyant, often androgynous, costumes and makeup.
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- noun A
style of English rockmusic from the early 1970s,distinguished by theglamorous ,glittery costumes of itsperformers and itsbouncy beat andlyrics .
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johnmperry commented on the word glam rock
Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a rock music style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots."
June 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word glam rock
Interesting description in that it says nothing about the music, only about it's performance context.
That's because the music sucked.
June 19, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word glam rock
Grocer's apostrophe!
June 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word glam rock
I thought a grocer's apostrophe was an apostrophe inserted before the 's' of a plural, in which case skipvia's errant apostrophe is non-grocery-related.
June 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word glam rock
Not related to groceries, folks. Just another embarrassing mistake.
June 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word glam rock
Not to worry, skipvia. Happens to the best of us, despite what some may think.
June 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word glam rock
Someday I'm going to start a list: Mistakes I Have Made on Wordie. I could start with Obstinant Buffaloes. Or maybe pimiento load.
It would be glorious.
June 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word glam rock
Skip, you make a mistake every time a comet burns up in the gaseous atmosphere of Uranus.
June 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word glam rock
So that's the source of my heartburn, bilby? :-)
June 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word glam rock
*guffaws*
June 19, 2008