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plunderphonics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -ɒnɪks

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by Canadian composer John Oswald in 1985, as plunder + -phonics, in the essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative.