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crabcore dance

crabcore dance

9.9
A low, energetic dance where people bend their knees and move their arms and legs widely, often at metal shows
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : danza crabcore
  • The band encouraged the crowd to join in the crabcore dance during the chorus.

Examples

  • The crabcore dance is popular at metalcore concerts.

  • Videos of people doing the crabcore dance have gone viral online.

  • His energetic crabcore dance impressed everyone at the show.

  • Can you show me how to do the crabcore dance?

  • The band encouraged the crowd to join in the crabcore dance during the chorus.

  • His energetic crabcore dance impressed everyone at the show.

  • The crabcore dance is popular at metalcore concerts.

Surface Forms

crabcore dance singular
crabcore dances plural

Morphology

crabcore + dance

The phrase is compositionally built from the genre label 'crabcore' (referring to crab-like, crouched movements associated with that metalcore subgenre) plus 'dance' (move rhythmically), so its meaning—a dance in the crabcore style—is directly derivable from the parts. The pattern X + dance is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional structure; only specialized knowledge of the label 'crabcore' (not an opaque idiom) is required.

Etymology

Crabcore dance: The name crabcore dance comes from people crouching low and moving sideways like a crab, while the 'core' part points to loud 'metalcore' music. That's why it means an energetic, low dance with crab-like moves.