Björkism

plural Björkisms

1. A turn of phrase or mannerism used by or characteristic of Icelandic singer Björk.

   "We used the idiosyncrasies of Björk's movements, which we learned to call Björkisms,” choreographer Vincent Patterson (who also appears in the movie) said at Cannes, "because nobody in the world moves like Bjork."

   2001, Shari Roman, Digital Babylon, page 221

   2 more examples

   One rehearsal, while at a loss trying to describe a problem with the mix to the sound engineer, she reverted to a string of Björkisms. "'Can you make it a bit more angular?' Or, 'Can I have it a bit more pink and fluffy?'" Walker recalls Bjork saying.

   2003, Mark Pytlik, Björk: Wow and Flutter, page 76

   Their individual strengths merge just as seamlessly: Aurora’s elf-knot Björkisms are crunched into distorted new shapes by the psychedelic reeling - most strikingly on the laser-tunnel rush of The Light, or the Jane-does-Tubular Bells of Somewhere Else – while the lovely minimal drone of Wavelengths varies their cosmic palette.

   2026 June 29, Victoria Segal, “Filter Albums”, in MOJO Magazine, number 391, page 90