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skronky en · ADJ

Etymology

From skronk + -y.

Meanings

1. (US, slang) Raw and discordant, especially of an electric guitar.
   • This is the kind of difficulty that has a kinship with skronky jazz, and avant-garde noise, and some hip-hop, and lots of punk rock. 2019, Stephanie Burt, Don't Read Poetry:
   • MODESELEKTOR (Saturday) This duo, from Berlin, plays skronky, occasionally disconcerting electronic music, and has benefited enormously from the copious—and copiously heeded—praise of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. 2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:

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