noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   South Korean pop music influenced by Western styles. uncountable

   "Somehow, even I got sucked into this strange K-pop universe. Sure, the quality of the music is sometimes debatable."

2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of K-pop. alt-of, uncountable
3. 3
   A lollipop containing the drug ketamine. slang, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Mary listens to J-pop and K-pop."

Etymology

From K- (“Korean”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.

Related phrases

Q-pop

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