megapop en · NOUN
Etymology
From mega- + pop.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Highly successful mainstream pop music.
Word that the Icelandic iconoclast had retwiddled the results of her in-studio tryst with Mr. Mosely dashed any hopes that she'd abandon herself to horny megapop escapism.
2007, SPIN, volume 23, number 6, page 90:The last remaining bankable megapop titan hanging out with an Internet-fueled hip-hop star — what a world!
2015 July 20, Jon Caramanica, “Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Welcomes a Polyglot of Styles”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mega-pop | alternative | lexicographic |