neo-glam

noun

A contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.

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Meanings

nounneo-glam (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.

    As befits its neo-glam reputation, this month’s English Band of the Century travels with only carry-on luggage. Suede’s glamour, though, is of a distinctly seedy stripe.

    1993 May 27, Steven Daly, “Suede: All That Glitters”, in Rolling Stone
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    The foyer of the Colston Hall – soon to be rebranded to exorcise the spectre of the slave trader it is named after – plays host to, in their words, “the most incongruous sight in the history of popular music”: neo-glam troupe HMLTD, who you suspect would rather be playing a Transylvanian castle orgy than a thoroughfare in a medium-sized arts venue.

    2017 October 23, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Simple Things festival review – neo-glam, power punk and the giddy glow of trance”, in The Guardian

Origin

From neo- + glam.

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APA

neo-glam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-glam

MLA

“neo-glam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-glam. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neo-glam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-glam.

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