alterna-duh

a term used by critics to describe the wanky clone and chumpy bands that came on the wave of the "alternative" rock jeremiad that arrived after good bands like the Cure and Nirvana scored big hits. The "duh" refers to the fact that those bands are wussy, derivative and stupid to the max. In every genre you have the superstars and then there are the zeroes who ride on the talented groups' coattails.

1. In a CD listening booth I checked out the new releases. I heard a wussy British band doing a song about "boys and girls...", it had a synthesizer pulsing beat ripped off from "Fashion" by David Bowie. The rest of the tracks were utter crap. This alterna-duh album was by Blur.

2. The music critic in the local independent paper referred to the Primitive Radio Gods as an "alterna-duh" band.

alterna-duh by I Saw U2 Live Twice February 21, 2009

Alternadude 

Alternadude (awl-tur-nuh-dood) Alternadudes (plural) -adjective - 1) A word used to describe an alt type guy living a particular lifestyle and representing the antithesis of societal norms (ie rockers, skaters, punks, emos, surfers, goths) 2) noun - Any alt type guy sporting any, all, or combination of tattoos, piercings, long hair, shaggy hair, facial hair, mohawks, or any anti-societal trend of the day (an alternative dude).

There were tons of tatted up alternadudes at the concert.

Alternadude by Altguy2010 September 7, 2010

alternadude 

Noun. - A male (usually young, bourgeois) who considers himself removed from the mainstream, yet is actually rooted quite firmly in it. Prone to posting Bob Dylan lyrics as status updates on Facebook, owning several pairs of Converse shoes and swearing by his copy of "Fight Club".

An alternachick is a female version of an alternadude; the concept is the same but the symptoms may vary. Alternachicks like antique shopping, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and 'photography'.

The terms are often used derisively and in a condescending manner. Often coupled with ironic remarks.

Oh, yeah, Jake's a real alternadude. Spent all lunch trying to impress me with his theories on "Donnie Darko".

Did you see Lois's latest Facebook pictures? They're just a bunch of empty chairs with all this filtering crap going on. She's such an alternachick, that one.

alternadude by 11redred11 November 12, 2010