Meanings
- uncountableA style of clothing characterized by retro-futuristic outdoor wear generally with a white or silvery base consisting of high-top sneakers or boots and an anorak or bomber jacket or at least alternatively heavy pants such as cargos.
Origin
Blend of lunar + normcore. Coined 2014, when also normcore attained celebration. Alternative lunarwear seems only secondary to this.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
lunarcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunarcore
“lunarcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunarcore. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunarcore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunarcore.
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