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A genre, aesthetic, or fashion trend stereotypically associated with fatherhood or particularly popular among fathers..
Dadcore is more narrowly defined by being rip-snorting action movies—many of them hardcore and rated R—in which the plot is vaguely defined by a male character seeking revenge or vengeance or some kind of justice (spiritual or otherwise), usually outside the letter of the law. […] Most of the time, the main characters in these movies are either fathers or form some kind of surrogate father relationship with a younger character, keeping the "by dads, for dads" central message of dadcore steadily intact.
But does fatherhood really mean I have to become “dadcore” – wearing clothing that is comfortable, with no real regard for fit or appearance and, according to this paper’s own style guru, Hadley Freeman, “anything from Marks & Spencer’s Blue Harbour range” – and abandon my penchant for linen blazers and cordovan slip-ons in favour of machine-washable hoodies and trainers?
My two best friends wore what they normally wore, which was to say a combination of low-performance joggers and blank polos that were so normcore, they went through dadcore and into weekend dadcore beyond.
The news that Folklore was coming and that it was a collaboration with Aaron Dessner of the National and that it included a duet with Bon Iver gave me a feeling that can best be summed up as: Uh-oh. A dadcore record. But Swift already had the dads. Dads are low-hanging fruit.
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Dadcore means A genre, aesthetic, or fashion trend stereotypically associated with fatherhood or particularly popular among fathers..
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Dadcore is more narrowly defined by being rip-snorting action movies—many of them hardcore and rated R—in which the plot is vaguely defined by a male character seeking revenge or vengeance or some kind of justice (spiritual or otherwise), usually outside the letter of the law. […] Most of the time, the main characters in these movies are either fathers or form some kind of surrogate father relationship with a younger character, keeping the "by dads, for dads" central message of dadcore steadily intact.
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