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seapunk.

A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s.

    uncountable
  2. A fashion and visual art style, characterized by aquatic themes and colours, rave culture, and the digital aesthetic of the 1990s. A follower of the seapunk style.

    countable · neologism
Where this word comes from

From sea + -punk; compare earlier cyberpunk, steampunk. Coined by Brooklyn-based DJ Lil Internet, who tweeted about a surreal dream he had in June 2011 ("Seapunk leather jacket with barnacles where the studs used to be"), and later popularized as a Twitter hashtag.

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