Home › Words › H › hardbaghardbaghardbag means A melodic genre of electronic dance music of the mid-1990s, usually with female vocals.EtymologyBlend of hard + handbag, i.e. a harder form of the earlier genre handbag or handbag house.nounA melodic genre of electronic dance music of the mid-1990s, usually with female vocals.e.g.“They present a wide range of dance styles, including electro, trance, acid house, handbag, hardbag, hardcore, happy hardcore, drum-and-bass, hi-NRG and even industrial.” — 2003, Aline Scott-Maxwell, John Whiteoak, Currency companion to music and dance in Australia:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aggrotech 60% match — A genre of hard electronic dance music influenced by industrial music. vs hardbag →hardstyle 59% match — A genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance, techno, and hardcore, with origins in the Netherlands and Belgium. vs hardbag →hardbass 57% match — A subgenre of electronic music from Russia, characterized by heavy basslines and a fast tempo. vs hardbag →futurepop 57% match — A genre of electronic dance music with influences from synthpop, trance, and EBM. vs hardbag →shamstep 57% match — A Levantine genre of electronic dance music that combines the traditional forms of dabke music with electronic instruments. vs hardbag →baggy 56% match — Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. vs hardbag →gabberhouse 55% match — A style of music with elements of gabber and house music. vs hardbag →bloghouse 55% match — A fusion subgenre of house music from the 2000s, discovered and promoted through the Internet. vs hardbag →