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post-hardcore

A genre combining the artsy sensibilities of post-punk with the general energy of hardcore punk. Vocals can vary wildly, from cleans to screams to even death growls (do keep in mind that death growls aren't really part of the original scene). Later on, many post-hardcore bands would add influences from pop punk, metalcore or even melodic death metal.

Several genres would evolve from post-hardcore over time, such as emo and it's derivatives such as screamo and emo-pop, or mathcore, which is a combination of math rock and post-hardcore. Many melodic metalcore bands also have post-hardcore sensibilities.

Also, the best genre known to man
Original bands: Nomeansno, Fugazi, At the Drive-In, Minutemen
Modern post-hardcore: The Used, The Fall of Troy (notable for probably being the most ATDI influenced modern post-hxc act), Thrice, Saosin, Aiden
Metalcore/post-hardcore hybrids: Poison the Well, Glassjaw, Thrice (their older material), Alesana, Atreyu, 36 Crazyfists, Nothingface (notable for being one of the most post-hxc and metalcore infused early nu metal acts), Escape the Fate, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Enter Shikari (notable for being the first trancecore band)
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Post-Hardcore

A genre of punk rock that focuses on expanding beyond the musical boundaries of hardcore punk. Post-hardcore usually has more melodic and complex arrangements than hardcore. In other words, post-hardcore is to hardcore what post-punk is to punk.
It was pioneered in the eighties by bands like Minutemen, Naked Raygun, and the Effigies. It gained mainstream popularity along with its emo subgenre in the late '90s and early '00s, with bands like Rise Against, My Chemical Romance, and At The Drive-In.
A foundational post-hardcore record is My War by Black Flag
"Is that a The Used shirt?"
"Yeah"
"Fuck yeah, I love post-hardcore."
"Me too!"
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Post-parandial Pie

When you have a cheeky pie and accidentally snooze for six hours....
''Where's the boss, he shoulda been at work six hours ago?! "
"He was knackered and had a post-parandial pie, you'll see him tomorrow."
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Post Genius

You're a Post Genius when you got the answer wrong
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get to post

To solve a problem at minimum.
"Getting (it) to post" is the earliest point you can say "it works" without adding "technically," or the first thing that you have to do before starting anything else. Often implies that hard work and/or kludges were—and will be—required.

Derived from the "POST screen" (Power On Self Test), where a computer checks if all its hardware is working after being turned on; the first milestone in building/fixing a computer is reaching this screen.
"It took like four hours to get this piece of shit to post, but it's done."
"We can't even get to post without his say-so, and yet he's always late."
"Focus on getting it to post before making it look pretty."
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master posted

keeping it real.
hanging at one spot with the krew.
your "chill" spot where you keep it down with your homies.
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Post-page hard-on (PPH)

A condition affecting a male doctor, generally on night shifts, when he wakes up to their pager going off and find that he has a raging hard boner and cannot mobilize until buddy calms down.
Nurse: Hello, did you get my page about patient Smith's fluid order?
Doctor: Yeah I'm cumming, I'm dealing with a PPH right now...
Nurse: PPH? Post-partum hemorrhage?
Doctor: Uhhh. Yeah.

Post-page hard-on (PPH)
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