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hardbag en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of hard + handbag, i.e. a harder form of the earlier genre handbag or handbag house.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A melodic genre of electronic dance music of the mid-1990s, usually with female vocals.
    • They present a wide range of dance styles, including electro, trance, acid house, handbag, hardbag, hardcore, happy hardcore, drum-and-bass, hi-NRG and even industrial. 2003, Aline Scott-Maxwell, John Whiteoak, Currency companion to music and dance in Australia: