"dadcore" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From dad + -core. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dad|-core|id2=aesthetic}} dad + -core Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dadcore (uncountable)
  1. A genre, aesthetic, or fashion trend stereotypically associated with fatherhood or particularly popular among fathers. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Aesthetics
    Sense id: en-dadcore-en-noun--UZrBvAZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -core (aesthetic)

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          "ref": "2014 February 24, Drew Taylor, “From Die Hard to Non-Stop: The Beginner’s Guide to “Dadcore””, in Vanity Fair",
          "text": "Dadcore is more narrowly defined by being rip-snorting action movies—many of them hardcore and rated R—in which the plot is vaguely defined by a male character seeking revenge or vengeance or some kind of justice (spiritual or otherwise), usually outside the letter of the law. […] Most of the time, the main characters in these movies are either fathers or form some kind of surrogate father relationship with a younger character, keeping the \"by dads, for dads\" central message of dadcore steadily intact.",
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          "ref": "2020, David Yoon, Super Fake Love Song, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 51",
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          "ref": "2020 July 29, Taylor Antrim, “‘It’s Halfway to Lover’: Thoughts on Folklore From an 8-Year-Old”, in Vogue",
          "text": "The news that Folklore was coming and that it was a collaboration with Aaron Dessner of the National and that it included a duet with Bon Iver gave me a feeling that can best be summed up as: Uh-oh. A dadcore record. But Swift already had the dads. Dads are low-hanging fruit.",
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