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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
new wave en · ADJ
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Representing the latest and most advanced style.
That girl is pretty wild now / The girl's a super freak / The kind of girl you read about / In new wave magazines
1981 August 14, Rick James, Alonzo Miller, “Super Freak” (track 5), in Street Songs, performed by Rick James:
Forms
Synonyms
trendy · faddish
new wave en · NOUN
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(uncountable) An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early to mid-1980s, incorporating punk sensibilities and/or other forms of music, but made with more accessibility.
New York to east California / There's a new wave coming, I warn ya
1981, “Kids in America”, performed by Kim Wilde:
Deriveds
no wave · new-wave · new-wavish · new waver