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Hardcore music 

Hardcore is a subgenre of punk rock that is thicker, heavier and faster than regular punk. It is not a type of Metal, Techno, or Rap. Hardcore is mostly confused with Metalcore/Melodic Metalcore bands such as Hatebreed or Bring Me The Horizon or hardcore techno. The -core prefix was originally short for Hardcore but now is a random suffix added to anything to make it look more interesting (Easycore, Sadcore etc.). It was invented by L.A. bands like The Germs and Negative Trend in 1976 - 1977 and the bands almost never reached mainstream popularity or even wanted it.
Misfits and early D.R.I are hardcore, while Asking Alexandria and The Prodigy are not.

Powerviolence, emo, skacore, d-beat, and skate punk are subgenres of hardcore.

The most popular hardcore scenes are Los Angeles which was the birthplace of hardcore, New York which is usually more metallic, and D.C. which is usually faster.

Many types of extreme metal like thrash, sludge, and black were mainly influenced by hardcore.

Hardcore is not a subculture. People who listen to hardcore call themselves punks, if anything.

Hardcore music does not mean "any hard music"
Hardcore music by negr0id March 30, 2013
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Hardcore Music 

The genre of music involving a lot of bass and generally offensive lyrics, highly repetitive.

Reminder: this is NOT SCREAMO it is more like TECHNO
Masters of Hardcore! the #1 place for hardcore music
Hardcore Music by Big D.R April 8, 2011
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".
A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.
Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022
Word of the Day on May 19, 2026