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no wave en · NOUN

Etymology

A punning rejection of the more commercial new wave movement.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A broad musical and artistic movement originating in the mid-1970s in New York City, typified by experimentation and performance art.
    • To dream that tall, mean, vegan Jeff, in turtlenecks and chinos like Sterling Morrison, was the only one I talked to at all the no wave shows I went to alone. 2020, “Jinx”, in Timmy's Unbuttoned Gen X Meditations, performed by Good Fuck: