yacht rock en · NOUN
Etymology
A retronym, suggesting the stereotype of a yuppie listening to the music while out sailing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A smooth, melodic form of soft rock music of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Yacht rock from the 1970s floated over the aisles like a bad storm cloud, dumping torrents of Christopher Cross and of the band that gave me sweaty nightmares, Steely Dan.
2012, Jenn Bennett, Summoning the Night (Arcadia Bell), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN: