happycoreEtymologyShortening, equivalent to happy + -core.happycore means synonym of happy hardcore. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounSynonym of happy hardcore.“In large part, happycore was the result of an exodus of white ravers from the jungle scene, in reaction to the influx of black youth and the attendant mood change from bonhomie to surliness.”