Meaning of grebo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of Africa.
2. A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
   UK, West-Midlands, countable, slang
3. 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.
   UK, countable, slang
4. 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.
   uncountable

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Examples

“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 […]”

“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.”

“[…] they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock" […]”

“[…] focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement […]”

“This debut album is a glorious grebo-fest.”

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