Etymology

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Today it means: A British ska revival genre of the late 1970s, fusing traditional ska music with punk rock elements. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by Jerry Dammers, keyboard player for The Specials, as an allusion to multiraciality.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.