Soulboy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An adherent of any of a variety of British subcultures of the 1970s and 1980s that focused on soul or funk music and dancing, most notably the northern soul movement.
"Paul Gorman: The soulboy emerged early- to mid-seventies. And he was one of the later outcrops of mod. Clothes-obsessed, dance music-obsessed, usually black music dance-obsessed."
Example
More examples"Paul Gorman: The soulboy emerged early- to mid-seventies. And he was one of the later outcrops of mod. Clothes-obsessed, dance music-obsessed, usually black music dance-obsessed."
Etymology
From soul + boy.
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