Dadcore

Quick meaning: Dadcore is a noun meaning A genre, aesthetic, or fashion trend stereotypically associated with fatherhood or particularly popular among fathers.

Meaning

A genre, aesthetic, or fashion trend stereotypically associated with fatherhood or particularly popular among fathers.

Example Sentences

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.

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?

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dadbod, dada, dadda, dadvice, do-dad, doo-dad.

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