grebo

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English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly a diminutive of "greaser"?”)

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Noun

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grebo (countable and uncountable, plural grebos)

  1. (slang, UK, countable, chiefly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
    • 1998, "Bill Jillians", alt.journalism.gonzo (Internet newsgroup)
      The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes []
    • 2002, Glyn Brown, “Baxter Dury: Chip off the old Blockhead”, in The Independent on Sunday:
      But the realistic side stepped in — y'know, if you're on the point of giving birth, you don't really need a bunch of grebos playing some dodgy old music downstairs.
  2. (slang, UK, countable) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
    • 1995, Colin Larkin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music:
      [] they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock" []
    • 2002, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock:
      [] focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement []
    • 2003, Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock:
      This debut album is a glorious grebo-fest.
  3. (uncountable) A short-lived subgenre of alternative rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip-hop, and psychedelia.

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Etymology

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Derived from French grèbe, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrebo]
  • Rhymes: -ebo
  • Hyphenation: gre‧bo

Noun

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grebo (accusative singular grebon, plural greboj, accusative plural grebojn)

  1. grebe

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