popadelic

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adjective

Having the coolness or style of pop music or pop stars.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivepopadelic (comparative more popadelic, superlative most popadelic)

comparative more popadelic · superlative most popadelic

  1. slangHaving the coolness or style of pop music or pop stars.

    Hiliary Hayton was a fan of Milton Glaser, whose 1967 portrait of Bob Dylan (above) provided popadelic inspiration to many.

    2009, Dominic Lutyens, Kirsty Hislop, 70s Style & Design, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, page 36
    2 more examples

    Actually, a Scot named Eugene Kelly, who sounds amazingly like Barrett, and his band, Eugenius, have resurrected Barrett's trippy, popadelic sound with early Pink Floyd on their new album, "Mary Queen of Scots."

    1994, Stereo Review, volume 59, page 167

    Where Manning's torch diva turns on Sings with the Original Artists shriveled up against spare backing, here they nestle into a winking popadelic hybrid.

    1995 November, Terri Sutton, “Records: S.F. Seals”, in Spin, volume 11, number 8, page 120

Origin

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