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nouncluttercore (uncountable)
- uncountableTikTok aestheticAn interior design trend and aesthetic, popular in the 2020s, based on densely filling spaces with personal objects and decorative items, resulting in a vibrant and eclectic arrangement of contrasting colours and textures.
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Howard, who works from home, has witnessed (among other things) what she calls a “renaissance” in encyclopedias used as laptop stands. In some corners of social media, such reappraisal of forgotten belongings goes by another name: cluttercore. On TikTok, videos hashtagged #cluttercore have almost 2m views.
2020 October 16, Morwenna Ferrier, “Cluttercore: the pandemic trend for celebrating stuff, mess and comfort”, in The Guardian
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