Grebo
//ˈɡriːbəʊ// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie. UK, West-Midlands, countable, slang
"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 […]"
- 2 A member of an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of Africa.
- 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
"[…] they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock" […]"
- 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
Example
More 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 […]"
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