Grebo

Quick meaning: Grebo is a noun meaning (uncountable) A short-lived subgenre of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip-hop, and psychedelia.

Meaning

(uncountable) A short-lived subgenre of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip-hop, and psychedelia.

More Meanings

1. (dated, slang, UK, countable, chiefly West Midlands) A greaser or biker.
2. (slang, UK, countable, chiefly West Midlands) A member of an alternative subculture, typically one based on rock music, as opposed to a chav or townie.
3. (slang, UK, countable) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.

Example Sentences

This debut album is a glorious grebo-fest.

[…] they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock" […]

[…] focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement […]

The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes […]

Word Forms

• grebos
• greebo

Synonyms for grebo

Depending on context, synonyms include emo, goth, mosher, rocker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include greaser, mosher, crusty, gegger, scrag, greaseball.

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