Gothdom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The Gothic subculture generally. uncountable

    "Still, Anne is clear that she was destined for gothdom. She explains: In high school, I made one or two desultory attempts at generally wearing black, varying from the established jeans or khakis. It was frowned upon heavily."

Example

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"Still, Anne is clear that she was destined for gothdom. She explains: In high school, I made one or two desultory attempts at generally wearing black, varying from the established jeans or khakis. It was frowned upon heavily."

Etymology

From goth + -dom.

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