"seapunk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: seapunks [plural]
Etymology: sea + -punk; compare earlier cyberpunk, steampunk. Coined by Brooklyn-based DJ Lil Internet, who tweeted about a surreal dream he had in June 2011 ("Seapunk leather jacket with barnacles where the studs used to be"), and later popularized as a Twitter hashtag. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sea|punk}} sea + -punk, {{m|en|cyberpunk}} cyberpunk, {{m|en|steampunk}} steampunk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seapunk (countable and uncountable, plural seapunks)
  1. (Tumblr aesthetic) A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aesthetics, Art, Fashion, Internet memes
    Sense id: en-seapunk-en-noun-FGeGLODx Disambiguation of Art: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fashion: 50 50 Disambiguation of Internet memes: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -punk Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -punk: 50 50
  2. (Tumblr aesthetic) A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s.
    (neologism, countable) A follower of the seapunk style.
    Tags: countable, neologism Categories (topical): Aesthetics, Art, Fashion, Internet memes
    Sense id: en-seapunk-en-noun-UwM63H4P Disambiguation of Art: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fashion: 50 50 Disambiguation of Internet memes: 49 51 Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -punk Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -punk: 50 50

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