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noun
A genre of British indie rock music in the late 2000s and early 2010s, typically defined by high-energy guitars, pretentious lyrics and use of regional accents; indie rock music perceived as unambitious, stale and commercial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, uncountable
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History
Coined by English music journalist Andrew Harrison in a 2007 review in The Word magazine, suggesting the indie music scene as a large expanse of rubbish.
