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modern rock 

Modern Rock is music with a progressive beat, typically consisting of guitar, drumset (and other percussion instruments), vocalizations. It is typically favored by those in the 16 to early 40s age group and particularly by Collegiate musical observors."
Evanescence, Three Days Grace, Dido, Within Temptation, Breaking Benjamin, OURS, AFI.
Modern Rock is a style of music.
modern rock by ashleysl May 15, 2007

Modern Rock 

A Subculture that Currently has no name, as it is very young. Members generally listen to obscure and old bands, such as Dogmatic and Green River. Most members own a Record Player, and make music influenced by Grunge, Rock and Punk.
They do not care for fashion, they were what is Comfortable.

Pop Sucks!
Steven is really into Dogmatic, he must be a Modern Rock fan!
Modern Rock by RISPB*& June 9, 2020

Modern Rock 

A Subculture that Currently has no name, as it is very young. Members generally listen to obscure and old bands, such as Dogmatic and Green River. Most members own a Record Player, and make music influenced by Grunge, Rock and Punk.
They do not care for fashion, they were what is Comfortable.

Pop Sucks!
Steven is really into Dogmatic, he must be a Modern Rock fan!
Modern Rock by RISPB*& June 9, 2020

Post Modern Rock 

A genre of music, really a supergenre, encompassing many other genres including indie rock, indiepop, twee, britpop, shoegazer, electronic, electro, glitchpop, some singer/songwriter, lo-fi, and older genres including punk, new wave and Madchester. Former terms were "Modern Rock" or "Alternative," but these became obsolete when their meaning was corroded circa 1992. They then became used to describe corporate nu-rock.
Record store clerk 1: "So, I listen to a lot of bands. Like, Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, Ballboy, Doves, My Bloody Valentine, Royksopp, Adult., Lali Puna, Denison Witmer, Daniel Johnston, The Ramones, The Clash, Talking Heads, New Order and Primal Scream, just to name a few. I feel like it's all one supergenre, but I don't know what you call it."

Record store clerk 2: "You'd call that Post Modern Rock."
Post Modern Rock by Dave Cusick April 30, 2006

Modern Classic Rock 

Newer songs by artists who rose to fame in the "Classic Rock Era"
"Beautiful Day", "Vertigo" by U2; "Jaded", "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith; "It's My Life", "We Weren't Born To Follow" by Bon Jovi are all modern classic rock.

rocko's modern life 

A hilarious cartoon that for some gay ass reason got canceled. But it was one of the funniest ever.
Rocko's Modern Life didn't "pwned" or "owned" you fucking douche bag it ruled.
rocko's modern life by Corb November 6, 2006
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
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