"car crash song" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: car crash songs [plural], car-crash song [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car crash song (plural car crash songs)
  1. (music) A genre of music, popular in the mid-20th century and typically in pop rock style, about the tragic death of a teenage lover in a car crash. Hypernyms: teenage tragedy, splatter platter, death disc, tearjerker
    Sense id: en-car_crash_song-en-noun-GKdNW7w1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music, Musical genres Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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