"chillwave" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From chill + -wave. Coined tongue-in-cheek on the blog Hipster Runoff in 2009. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chill|wave}} chill + -wave Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chillwave (uncountable)
  1. A genre of music of the late 2000s, characterized by effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines. Wikipedia link: Hipster Runoff, chillwave Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres
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