Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Informal Filth; dirt.
- noun Rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, often expressing a bleak or nihilistic outlook.
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- noun informal
Dirt orfilth , especially when difficult toclean . - noun informal The state of being
filthy ;grubbiness . - noun A
subgenre of alternative music, originating from Seattle, Washington, which meldspunk andmetal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being covered with unclean things
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Though the film makes relatively few gestures toward contextualizing the band's place in the music of the '90s the band's members scorn the term grunge as a reductive buzzword, there are a few heartrending clips of The Most Dangerous Line of Latitude on the Planet Dana Stevens is Slate's movie critic.
Slate Magazine Dana Stevens 2011
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Not once during these shows did the word grunge cross my mind.
In search of Nirvana 2011
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Pearl Jam went on to surpass its 1990s contemporaries like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana, even as it transcended the label grunge.
NYT > Home Page By ANDY WEBSTER 2011
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With British music in the grip of acid house, and long before the term grunge was in popular use, a trio of musicians from Seattle played the Astoria at the bottom of a bill featuring fellow plaid-shirted rockers TAD and Mudhoney.
Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2009
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"The term grunge doesn't really bring a whole lot to my mind," Arm says over the phone from his home in Seattle.
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"The term grunge doesn't really bring a whole lot to my mind," Arm says over the phone from his home in Seattle.
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And dear god, when can we finally retire the term grunge for anything that's worn or distressed looking?
Netvouz - new bookmarks nicolas_evans 2008
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And dear god, when can we finally retire the term grunge for anything that's worn or distressed looking?
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"The term grunge doesn't really bring a whole lot to my mind," Arm says over the phone from his home in Seattle.
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But the word "grunge," if not beloved, does accurately describe the music's sense of loss, frustration, and anger and the depth of the magically evocative drop D power chord, which you hear in songs like Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" and "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains.
The Seattle Sound Ken Kurson 2011
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