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grunge
[ gruhnj ]
noun
- dirt; filth; rubbish.
- something of inferior quality; trash:
He didn't know good music from grunge.
- a person who works hard, usually for meager rewards; grind.
- a style or fashion derived from a movement in rock music: in fashion characterized by unkempt clothing and in music by aggressive, nihilistic songs.
grunge
/ ɡʌԻ /
noun
- slang.dirt or rubbish
- a style of rock music originating in the US in the late 1980s, featuring a distorted guitar sound
- a deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of grunge1
Example Sentences
Still, it is endlessly fascinating to see how Hollywood producers visualize a place that scrubbed the grunge movement out of its cultural ecosystem decades ago.
Blink-182 made its famed name on a brand of boyish, humor-laden punk songs that defied the grunge trend of the early 1990s to top Billboard charts and achieve platinum sales.
Sienkiewicz said he enjoys the “grunge” technology in the story, which harks back to something familiar.
The influx of money into Seattle in the 1990s made it a great place for bank robberies, as several people note, and also made it fertile ground for punk and grunge movements.
The current tour offers a bit of a fresh look for the band, which in keeping with Seattle’s grunge spirit, has long favored a more austere stage production.
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