skatepunk

skatepunk means A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, skatepunk ranks #12,908 of 42,747 for Qualifying.

Etymology

From skate + punk, from its popularity among skateboarders.

noun

A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.e.g.“Similar to how Green Day, The Offspring, and Rancid brought the early 90s punk revival to the top of alternative rock, blink-182 took skate-punk to the masses in 1999 with Enema of the State.” — 2021, Mike Damante, Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise, Di Angelo Publications, →ISBN:
A member of the skateboarding subculture that listens to punk music.e.g.“Nothing was moving out there except falling snow, a Finch bus and insufficiently dressed skatepunks.” — 2008, Rebecca Rosenblum, Once, page 113:

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By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

skatecore 79% match — Synonym of skatepunk. vs skatepunk →
punklike 65% match — Similar to, or reminiscent of, punk rock or similar styles. vs skatepunk →
thrashcore 64% match — A subgenre of fast hardcore punk music that emerged in the early 1980s. vs skatepunk →
afropunk 61% match — Punk music or subculture with black African influences. vs skatepunk →
technopunk 60% match — A style of electronic punk music. vs skatepunk →
punkster 60% match — Someone, especially a young person, associated with the punk subculture or a performer of punk-influenced music. vs skatepunk →
cowpunk 60% match — A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues. vs skatepunk →
powerviolence 60% match — An extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk music, related to thrashcore and grindcore. vs skatepunk →