acid house

English

Etymology

First appears c. 1988, in the periodical New Musical Express. Likely a reference to acid (“LSD, psychedelic drugs”), influenced by earlier acid rock. See Acid House § Etymology.

Noun

acid house (uncountable)

  1. (music) A style of music from the early rave scene in the UK.
    Synonym: acid
    Hypernym: house music
    Coordinate term: (precursor) Hi-NRG
    • 1989 January, Sean O'Hagan, “Acid House”, in SPIN, SPIN Media LLC, page 64:
      Acid House, this year's underground musical phenomenon, had finally made it into the living rooms of Britain. A nation, encountering for the first time a new music, fashion, and cultural phenomenon, flew into another drug-obsessed moral panic.

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English acid house.

Pronunciation

Noun

acid house m (uncountable)

  1. acid house

Usage notes

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