cutecore

English

Etymology

    From cute +‎ -core (aesthetic).

    Noun

    cutecore (uncountable)

    1. A type of aesthetic, music genre, and fashion style that emphasizes cuteness, pastel colors, and childlike imagery or motifs. [from 1995, gained popularity in 2022]
      • 1995, Newsweek‎[1], page 57:
        In the alternative rock world, cutecore was a rebellion against the dogmatic noise and macho posturing of hardcore punk.
      • 2002, Beard, Steve, Aftershocks: the end of style culture‎[2], Wallflower Press, →ISBN, page 104:
        The whole thing is designed in the manner of Douglas Coupland’s Generation X primer, with vox pop inserts, conceptual games and puzzles, cutecore slogans and Internet riffs layering the page.
      • 2004, Schilling, Mark, The encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture‎[3], Weathermill, →ISBN, page 223:
        If Hello Kitty could express alarm at the lifestyles of her American cutecore fans— high out of their minds at all-night raves— her little paws would no doubt fly up to her round cheeks and her mouth—often invisible, never larger than a dot—would expand into a big, Munch-like O.

    Derived terms

    • cutegore (“cutecore content involving gore”)
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