"nightcore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: night + core (“key part of a thing”) from Nightcore, the name of the Norwegian duo who created the genre, who said their name meant "we are the core of the night, so you'll dance all night long." Around 2008, others started making their own songs in the same style and used the term nightcore not to refer music made by the duo, but to the new genre of music as a whole. As this usage spread and knowledge of the original duo faded, the term was reanalyzed as night + -core in the same style as other music genres like metalcore, rapcore, etc. Etymology templates: {{com|en|night|core|gloss2=key part of a thing}} night + core (“key part of a thing”), {{m|en||nightcore}} nightcore, {{glossary|reanalysis|reanalyzed}} reanalyzed, {{suffix|en|night|core|id2=music|nocat=1}} night + -core, {{m|en|metalcore}} metalcore, {{m|en|rapcore}} rapcore Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nightcore (uncountable)
  1. A plunderphonic style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up, increasing its pitch. Wikipedia link: Know Your Meme, nightcore Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres

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