"nightcore" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From night + core (“key part of a thing”) via Nightcore, the name of the Norwegian duo that created the genre. They explained their name by saying "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”), {{glossary|reanalysis|reanalyzed}} reanalyzed, {{suffix|en|night|core|id2=music|nocat=1}} night + -core 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. Usually associated with visuals of anime-style artwork. Wikipedia link: Know Your Meme, nightcore Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres
    Sense id: en-nightcore-en-noun-~wY4Tn10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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