skatepunk

See also: skate punk

English

Alternative forms

• skate punk, skate-punk

Etymology

skate +‎ punk, from its popularity among skateboarders.

Noun

skatepunk (countable and uncountable, plural skatepunks)

1. (uncountable, music) A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.

   Synonym: skatecore

   • 2021, Mike Damante, Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise, Di Angelo Publications, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (countable) A member of the skateboarding subculture that listens to punk music.
   • 2008, Rebecca Rosenblum, Once, page 113:

     Nothing was moving out there except falling snow, a Finch bus and insufficiently dressed skatepunks.

Translations

music genre

• Russian: скейт-панк (ru) m (skejt-pank)