oldskool

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A form of old skool

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounoldskool (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of old skool (“hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”) (alternative spelling of old school).
adjectiveoldskool (comparative more oldskool, superlative most oldskool)

comparative more oldskool · superlative most oldskool

  1. alternativeAlternative form of old skool (“of or relating to hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”) (alternative spelling of old school).

    Also look out for a PHAT PHAT oldskool style tune on Jemini [the Gifted One]'s album set to drop in the next couple of weeks. It uses the Love Unlimited 'Strange Games and Things' break, and comes on with the old skool rhymes believe …

    1995 April 14, ed [pseudonym], “Low Down on New Tunes dropping soon”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)
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APA

oldskool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oldskool

MLA

“oldskool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oldskool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oldskool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oldskool.

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