skatepunk en · NOUN
Etymology
From skate + punk, from its popularity among skateboarders.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.
Similar to how Green Day, The Offspring, and Rancid brought the early 90s punk revival to the top of alternative rock, blink-182 took skate-punk to the masses in 1999 with Enema of the State.
2021, Mike Damante, Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise, Di Angelo Publications, →ISBN:
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(countable) A member of the skateboarding subculture that listens to punk music.
Nothing was moving out there except falling snow, a Finch bus and insufficiently dressed skatepunks.
2008, Rebecca Rosenblum, Once, page 113:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| skate punk | alternative | lexicographic | |
| skate-punk | alternative | lexicographic | |
| skatepunks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
ru скейт-панк (music genre)