Britcore

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noun

A fast subgenre of UK rap that emerged in the late 1980s.

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Meanings

nounBritcore (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA fast subgenre of UK rap that emerged in the late 1980s.

    But by 1988 the dominant UK offshoot of American hip hop isn't reggae-rap but ‘Britcore’, a hyper-speed blizzard of noise indebted to Public Enemy.

    2005 January 23, Steve Yates, “Rhymin' and stealin'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

From Brit + -core.

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APA

Britcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britcore

MLA

“Britcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britcore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Britcore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britcore.

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