sophisti-pop

English

Etymology

Blend of sophisticated +‎ pop, coined retrospectively.[1]

Noun

sophisti-pop (uncountable)

  1. (music) A subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK.
    • 2012, Iain Ellis, Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 102:
      The fact that the intellectual Green [Gartside] was also a friend and protégé of leading post-structuralist scholar, Jacques Derrida, served further to hype the postmodern playfulness of his sophisti-pop.

References

  1. ^ Thomas Inskeep, Alfred Soto (22 February 2007) “Sophisti-Pop - The Bluffer's Guide”, in Stylus Magazine‎[1], archived from the original on 7 October 2021

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