schizoid pop
Music that is erratic, chaotic, or genre-defying, yet anchored by catchy pop structuresMusic that is erratic, chaotic, or genre-defying, yet anchored by catchy pop structures.
Meaning
1 senses(informal, uncountable)Music that is erratic, chaotic, or genre-defying, yet anchored by catchy pop structures.
Origin
From schizoid + pop; short for schizophrenic pop. While the term has seen usage before theFrom schizoid + pop; short for schizophrenic pop. While the term has seen usage before the 2010s, it gained prominence between 2012-2013 as a descriptor for the hard-to-categorize musical style of the American band Twenty One Pilots.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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