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grindie en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of grime + indie.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A style of music that fuses indie and grime music.
    • Dizzee […] went on to make 'Temptation', creating the first grime-indie track, or 'grindie' as Dizzee calls it[…] 2011, Alex Kitts, Dizzee Rascal: Tales from Da Corner:
    • The whole 'grindie' thing is just bollocks. I hate labelling music. They make up names and throw it to anything. 2006, Hip-hop connection, numbers 208-209, page 14:
    • He is known for MCing in grime music, and is also associated with the grindie scene which combines influences from grime, with indie rock. 2008, Damien Morgan, Hip Hop Had a Dream, volume 1, page 345: